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Making It in Corporate America How Women Can Survive, Prosper, and Make a Difference
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Book Code: C8110
ISBN: 0-275-98110-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-98110-5
168 pages, table
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 11/30/2003
List Price: $46.95 (UK Sterling Price: £26.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 X 9 1/4
Subjects:
  • Endorsement From Karen N. Horn
    Managing Director, Marsh & McLennan:
    Diane Smallen Grob has constructed an interesting platform for some fascinating women to tell their stories.
  • Endorsement From Judy B. Rosener, Ph.D.
    Graduate School of Management, University of California, Irvine:
    A wonderful compilation of stories, study findings, statistics, and historical milestones that women (and men) can use to understand and chart their own lives.
  • Endorsement From Maria E. Healy
    Co-founder and Managing Partner, Beta Capital Management, L.P.:
    Diane Smallen-Grob's book identifies the issues we experienced in our careers and is invaluable for any woman in business today. I wish I had this kind of advice when I first started my career.
Description: This book offers tips, pointers, and advice for women at all levels of the corporate world. Some how-to-succeed books for women offer helpful techniques and strategies to improve a career or fatten a paycheck. Nearly all are written by journalists, academics, and researchers, or by women who started their business careers at mid-level or higher because of previous experience. Yet few of these authors have experienced the humiliation, the apprehension, the dread, the fears, the naiveté and discrimination that women in the trenches understand all too well. This book is based the personal experience of the author and the women she interviewed, making it a unique and practical guide to dispelling the fears that women have about asserting themselves in the workplace. Diane Smallen-Grob presents interviews with women executives who struggled for decent jobs and progressive careers in a wide variety of industries. The book focuses on what women did to succeed, where they are now, and--most importantly--what helped them rise among the ranks. The women share their experiences, insights, and stories. Common-sense pointers are offered for surviving the grueling boot camp that all women in business must endure. Women of every generation need to know that history can and does repeat itself, and that they must be forewarned, aware of the signs, and strong enough to make the best choices during the long climb to the top.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: First Steps
  • Acknowledgments
  • The 20th Century
  • 20th Century Memories
  • The 21st Century
  • Divided We Fall
  • Numerology and a Hand-held Computer
  • Nice-Not
  • Don't Hesitate to Ask
  • We Learn from Our Mistakes
  • Blinders and Perseverance
  • Scrutiny: Under the Microscope
  • Corporate Malfeasance 101
  • Choices, or, What's a Girl to Do?
  • Cool It
  • Just the Facts
  • Epilogue
  • Appendices
  • Questionnaire
  • e-bonding
  • Bibliography
LC Card Number: 2003048206
LCC Class: HD6054
Dewey Class: 658
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