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15 lies women are told at work : ... and the truth we need to succeed / Bonnie Hammer.
What holds women back at work? Bonnie Hammer, one of the most powerful women in corporate America, debunks the bad advice that too many women get -- and reveals the surprising, yet straightforward truths that will help all of us succeed.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781668027615 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 312 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon Element hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon Element, 2024.
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| Subject: | Businesswomen. Career development. Leadership in women. Success in business. Women executives. Women white collar workers. |
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One of the most powerful women in corporate America debunks the bad advice that women often get, such as how to behave in the workplace and shows how women can rise as high they wish to in their field. - Baker & Taylor
"Bonnie Hammer's legendary career spans five decades in a turbulent, male-driven industry. Today, Bonnie is a powerful leader at the very top of her field, and women at all levels constantly ask her: What is your secret to success? Her power--and her staying power--comes from rejecting common myths about how women are "supposed" to act in the workplace. She knows that the conventional wisdom women are told about work--pithy phrases like "Don't mix work with play," "Talk is cheap," "Follow your dreams," "Know your worth," "Trust your gut," and "You can have it all, "--Hold women back. Having risen from an entry-level production assistant whose chief charge was a dog to a transformative top executive at NBCUniversal, Bonnie challenges workplace misperceptions and shares the uncommon sense women need to succeed"-- - Simon and Schuster
USA TODAY BESTSELLER
âThink of this book as your personal guide for moving into the leadership spot you dream aboutâwithout losing yourself in the web of workplace lies and half-truths women too frequently fall for.â âForbes
A master class âfilled with the wisdom that exponentially transforms your career and lifeâ (Maria Shriverâs Sunday Paper), 15 Lies Women are Told at Work shares the un-common sense women need to succeedâand the lies to ignore along the way.
Bonnie Hammerâs legendary career spans five decades in a turbulent, male-driven industry. Today, Bonnie is a powerful leader at the very top of her field, and women at all levels constantly ask her: What is your secret to success?
Her powerâand her staying powerâcomes from rejecting common myths about how women are âsupposedâ to act in the workplace. She knows that the traditional wisdom women are told about workâpithy phrases like âdonât mix work with play,â âtalk is cheap,â âfollow your dreams,â âknow your worth,â âtrust your gut,â and âyou can have it allââhold women back. Having risen from an entry-level production assistant whose chief charge was a dog, to a transformative, top executive at NBCUniversal, Bonnie challenges conventional workplace wisdom and shares the un-common sense women need to succeed.
Bonnie has mentored countless women in every industry. Sheâs known for telling the uncensored and uncompromising truthâeven when it isnât easy to hear. Now, she gives you her private master classâreplacing the lies women have been fed about work with her unique wisdom. You will learn powerful new truths and easily digestible, practical advice to apply in your own life.
Written with humor and heart, and full of insights and research, 15 Lies Women Are Told at Work is an âhonest, unfiltered guidebookâ¦a must-read for any woman at any stage in her careerâ (Chelsea Clinton). It doesnât just explain one womanâs rise to the top in a tough industry; it shows how any woman can rise as high as she wants in her own work world.
