As an ongoing feature, staff members at the Des Moines Public Library will recommend a business-related book to add to your reading list. Find this and more books like it at any of the Des Moines Public Library’s six locations and online at dmpl.org. And find information on how to get a FREE library card and all its benefits at dmpl.org/get-carded.

Des Moines Public Library business book pick: “When Women Lead” by Julia Boorstin.

Why you should read it: CNBC reporter Julia Boorstin’s deeply reported 2022 book brings together the stories of dozens of female CEOs and leaders to reveal how characteristics once thought of as detriments to traditional business – such as empathy and vulnerability and gratitude – can actually be superpowers to success. An essential resource for people in all levels of an organization.