From Publishers Weekly
"I
never wanted to work in business," writes Heffernan. Twenty years after expressing that sentiment, as CEO of a technology company, she found herself "having the time of my life" and wondered whether she had "completely lost my mind? Or sold my soul?" Heffernan sees "women creating a new business order that places values at the heart of business, takes sustainability seriously, and recognizes that business is and always will be emotional." Eleven chapters are peppered with her own illustrative anecdotes and insights plus those of 63 career women representing a wide variety of positions and professions. These contain instructive descriptions of potential pitfalls and urgent advice, each one ending with a list of "Travel Thoughts" to keep in mind. Readers are told how to climb the corporate ladder, maintain a female identity, navigate toxic environments, see through common fallacies, acquire power, balance work with personal life, break into top management, assert autonomy, strike out on their own and reinvent a "parallel universe" of humanitarian alternatives. Nothing is new or told in a fresh way, but Heffernan delivers the catalogue of female careerist frustration succinctly and sympathetically.
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The revolutionary language in the title and program notes belies the engaging insights and calming wisdom in this excellent audio. THE FAST COMPANY contributor, career expert, and former media executive provides intuitive and intellectually sound ideas on how women can thrive in today's toughest organizations. Be an adult woman in your leadership role, she says, rather than changing to fit male expectations and becoming pigeonholed as a servile geisha, angry bitch, or intellectual lightweight. Integrate your broader feminine values into your career plan and, most of all, do work you value--mindfully, collaboratively, and with full emotional awareness. The narration by Carrington MacDuffie conveys the author's genuine compassion for working women everywhere. T.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine--
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