Breaking into the Boys' Club: 8 Ways for Women to Get Ahead in Business - Softcover

Molly D. Shepard; Jane K. Stimmler; Peter Dean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590771435 ISBN 13: 9781590771433

Publisher: M. Evans & Company, 2009

Synopsis

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.

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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.

From Publishers Weekly

Why do women still have so much trouble making their way into the upper echelons of corporate America? According to the authors, it's not quality of work that holds them back but something more insidious. While women try to get ahead by logging long hours and working to become experts in their fields, their male counterparts are easily included in corporate culture (golf, drinks, lunches, etc.) and get inside information and more face time with superiors. The authors leap to the rescue with a guide to networking, strategic horn tooting, understanding company politics, self-presentation and achieving a healthy work/life balance. A plethora of charts, step-by-step planning guides and self-report cards will help women target why they're not getting ahead even if they're doing better work than their male colleagues. While much of the material is familiar, the book's appeal lies in its engaging presentation and pragmatic steps to overcome problems every working woman will inevitably face. A must-have for any woman tired of being confounded by male company culture. (May)
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About this edition

• Publisher: M. Evans & Company
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1590771435
• ISBN 13: 9781590771433
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 218