Books with author Linda Wasmer Smith

Ready to succeed as a woman in business? This is your playbook. Women will never win by playing by men’s rules and trying to “out-man the men” or “beat the men at their own game.” It’s time to change the rules by using our own playbook--capitalizing on our unique feminine superpowers as women--to become leaders in business. In Smashing Glass and Kicking Ass, Lessons from the Meanest Woman Alive, Linda Smith provides the action plan for women in all fields to reach their own pinnacles of success. After succeeding for decades in a cutthroat, male-dominated profession specifically by using her skills as a woman, Linda knows how to become a leader of men. Let her show you how. Whether it's defeating gender stereotypes, conquering self-sabotage, acting with confidence, shutting down man-terruptions, stopping apologies and trying to be likeable, handling alpha males, dealing with sexual harassment, or seizing and holding on to leadership positions, Linda has done it all and come out on top by using her unique feminine advantages to dominate in business. Linda teaches women to shine and lead—not by leaning in or out-manning the men—but by capitalizing on the very things that make women different. During her 40-year career, Linda has often tangled with out-sized male egos (Mick Jagger, Michael Dell, and Sumner Redstone), and with sexual harassment, without ever breaking stride. Her tenacity as a gladiator for her clients earned her the prodigious title of “The Meanest Woman Alive." Grab your copy today!

Louis Pasteur was one of the first scientists to understand the importance of microorganisms in causing diseases. He focused much of his research on how to prevent the spread of harmful microorganisms by developing vaccines, including a vaccine against rabies. Pasteurs many contributions to both medicine and industry makes him one of the geniuses of science. His work continues today in the Pasteur Institute, a world-wide health organization.

Want to know how to unleash your power as a woman by using your unique feminine advantages to succeed in the modern workplace? Linda Smith is on a crusade to teach all women how to harness their exclusive feminine superpowers--what she calls their Kick Assets-- to rise in business without having to lean in, or become a mini-man, or beat the men at their own game, After succeeding for decades in a cutthroat, male-dominated profession specifically by using her skills as a woman Linda knows how to become a leader of men. Let her show you how. Women have the power--right now--to succeed and lead in business.Women need to jettison the societal norms fed to them and sustained by male domination. As long as men continue to make the rules and women continue to play by a male playbook, women will never succeed. The game is rigged against them. It's time to change the rules of the game. In order to get ahead, women have to play by women's rules capitalizing on women's exceptional advantages in the modern business world by using an entirely different playbook--one written by a woman, for women. This is that playbook.Linda provides women with a full understanding of their superior emotional intelligence--the universally recognized marker for leadership success. She tackles an "eyes wide open" discussion of the need to slay the two ferocious dragons guarding the doors barring women from equality--the external dragon of male domination and the internal dragon of self-sabotage. She provides women with dragon slayers to defeat both dragons, and goes on to show women how to use the dragon slayers in the workplace. As part of the program, Linda tackles how to handle difficult men and shut down sexual harassment; how to infiltrate the old boys' network and speak truth to power; how to establish dominance and lead with gusto and how to leave a legacy.It's time for women to use their unique feminine kick assets and unleash their power!

Tobin holds the fate of Shadonia in his hands when he discovers his unexpected power, drawn from the ancient world itself.Tobin lives in two worlds. The son of a mayor, he must be loyal to the dominant Forenzian Empire, but he cares more about the ancient and suppressed world of Shadonia. When his grandmother dies, she leaves him a wooden flute with powers Tobin barely understands.

Talisa Thatcher thinks she's useless - because she's the only one in her family who can't perform magic. But she learns the power of her own gift of music when she has to save the life of a young man unjustly accused of murder. This second book of the trilogy -set in Freya, a land simmering with magic and intrigue -tells the story of sixteen-year-old Talisa Thatcher and a talented young carver, Cory Updale. In Uglessia, Talisa's family is renowned for its great magicians. Her own gift--to write and sing beautiful songs - seems next to worthless. Talisa apprentices herself to a master musician in the city of Freyfall and gets caught in the middle of a street riot. Cory sees her danger and saves her. Through him, she learns about Freyan farmers turned off their land--an echo of the famous Highland Clearances.

What, a bird too afraid to fly? Horace gulped as he glanced up toward the sky. He wanted to soar way up in the clouds and fit in with the other birds, but felt embarrassed because he was afraid. Have You Ever Seen a Bird Skip? is the story of a little bird who finds courage and confidence in a very unusual way, and makes some funny new friends during the journey.

Tobin lives in two worlds. As the son of an important mayor, he must be loyal to the dominant Forenzian Empire, but he cares more about the ancient and suppressed world of Shadonia. When his grandmother dies, she leaves him a wooden flute with powers Tobin barely understands. As Tobin watches a street-theater troupe one day, he realizes the puppeteers are criticizing foreign rule under the cover of light amusement. When he overhears plans to arrest them, he warns the puppeteers to escape across the nearby river. But soldiers pursue the players, and Tobin remembers his grandmother's words: in times of trouble, he must play the pipe. When he does, it raises the spirit of the river in a terrifying wall of water, enabling the puppeteers to escape, but at great cost to the Forenzian army. Tobin has an unbelievable power to help his country break free of colonial rule—but he must learn how to use it. Horrified at the deaths his first attempt has caused, he flees with the puppeteers, who are at the center of a secret movement to free Shadonia. Tobin wants to help his country to be free, but how can it be done peacefully and without bloodshed?