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Breaking into the Boys' Club: 8 Ways for Women to Get Ahead in Business
Author(s): Molly D. Shepard (Author), Jane K. Stimmler (Author), Dr. Peter J. Dean (Author)
- Publisher: M. Evans& Co Inc
- Publication Date: 16 May 2009
- Language: English
- Print length: 240 pages
- ISBN-10: 1590771435
- ISBN-13: 9781590771433
Book Description
Breaking into the Boys’ Club is the ultimate guide to success for women in business. No matter what stage in your career or what job position you hold, this book offers you practical, relatable ways to evaluate your work style and workplace culture in order to better understand behavior that may be holding you back from advancing in your field. Based on extensive research, Breaking into the Boys’ Club offers compelling stories, quizzes, and tips to help diagnose issues and discover powerful, step-by-step solutions to irksome office challenges. Written by leadership coaches who have “been there and seen that,” this book contains straight talk about the mistakes women make and how to fix them in order to achieve more personal and professional satisfaction and success. And what about African-American women? These women encounter the same issues and challenges as do other corporate women- and more. The book covers the special challenges faced by these women, their relationships with business colleagues, and how they can become more comfortable within their corporate cultures.
Editorial Reviews
Review
If you liked Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office, you’ll love Breaking into the Boys’ Club… [It’s] a valuable addition to every working woman’s library. — Lois P. Frankel Ph.D, author of the New York Times-bestselling Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office and Nice Girls Don’t Get Rich I love the approach of Breaking into the Boys’ Club, a no-nonsense combination of workbook, case studies, and good advice. The payoff at book’s end is apparent once you realize that you’ve been led from conceiving to designing and then to executing a personal development plan guaranteed to grow your career. — Lyn Kremer, publisher, Philadelphia Business Journal No matter where you are on the corporate ladder: if you want to climb higher this is a must read! — Judith M. von Seldeneck, CEO, Diversified Search A must-have for any woman tired of being confounded by male company culture. Publishers Weekly
About the Author
Molly D. Shepard is founder and president of The Leader’s Edge, an organization that promotes the advancement of high-level executive women. Jane K. Stimmler is CEO of The Marketing Edge, a marketing consulting and communications firm. Peter J. Dean is a lecturer at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and author of eight books.
