Confidence Code (Kay, Shipman)

Book Reviews
[A]n engrossing trek through interviews with an array of successful women and seek the counsel of behavioral experts. We journey into rat brains, DNA tests, Christine Lagarde’s daily schedule and even her purse. We are invited to contemplate Title IX legislation and its effect on young women’s prospects to lead and to win. We become privy to the formidable journalism careers of Kay and Shipman, including their own moments of wavering confidence.
Gloria Ryan - New York Times Book Review


The Confidence Code belongs in the bag of every woman in America. It combines groundbreaking scientific research and firsthand accounts from the world’s most powerful woman.
Joanna Cole, Ed.-in-Chief - Cosmopolitan


[Kay and Shipman] have written an enlightening, fascinating book that explains the relationship between confidence, resilience, risk and reward….This book can definitely help you learn to boost your confidence.
Success


[Kay and Shipman dive] into tons of fascinating research and stats that are worth reading…[b]ut most importantly, the book provides some seriously actionable advice from some of the most successful women in the world (authors included).
Self.com


[Kay and Shipman] address the self-confidence gap between women and men, consulting a range of experts to determine what female confidence looks like and how it can be achieved..... All of this research, as well as the authors’ own recounting of experiences with doubt in their professional lives, effectively builds into a comprehensive set of ingredients for the confident woman.
Publishers Weekly


Why are men still higher fliers in business than women? Confidence, argue the authors of the New York Times best-selling Womenomics, who pull on research in gender, cognition, and behavior, as well as personal experience, to argue that business success is about more than just leaning in.
Library Journal


[H]ow a lack of self-confidence hinders women's career advancement. In conversations among successful professional women, the authors have noticed a disturbing pattern: "Compared with men, we don't consider ourselves ready for promotions."... An insightful look at how internalizing cultural stereotypes can hold women back from competing with men.
Kirkus Reviews