Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman What Men Know about Success That Women Need to Learn

Name: Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman What Men Know about Success That Women Need to Learn
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ISBN: 9780767904636

ISBN-10: 076790463X

ISBN-13: 9780767904636

Edition: Reprint

Authors: Gail Evans

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Women make up almost half of today's labor force, but in corporate America they don't share half of the power. Only four of the Fortune 500 company CEOs are women, and it's only been in the last few years that even half of the Fortune 500 companies have more than one female officer. A major reason for this? Most women were never taught how to play the game of business. Throughout her career in the supercompetitive, male-dominated media industry, Gail Evans, one of the country's most powerful executives, has met innumerable women who tell her that they feel lost in the workplace, almost as if they were playing a game without knowing the directions. She tells them that's exactly the case:…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/11/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.19" wide x 7.97" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



The Object of the Game



Four Ground Rules



You Are Who You Say You Are



One Prize Doesn't Fit All



Work Isn't a Sorority



You're Always a Mother, Daughter, Wife, or Mistress



Preparing to Play


Learn the Playing Field


Check Out the Team Culture


Get Picked for the Team


Wear the Right Uniform


Set the Right Goal



How to Keep Score



Playing the Game: Fourteen Basic Rules for Success



Make a Request



Speak Out



Speak Up



Toot Your Own Horn



Don't Expect to Make Friends



Accept Uncertainty



Take a Risk



Be an Imposter



Think Small



Don't Anguish



Follow the Team Leader



Don't Assume Responsibility Without Authority



Sit at the Table



Laugh



Six Things Men Can Do at Work That Women Can't



They Can Cry. You Can't



They Can Have Sex. You Can't



They Can Fidget. You Can't



They Can Yell. You Can't



They Can Have Bad Manners. You Can't



They Can Be Ugly. You Can't



He Hears, She Hears: Ten Genderbender Vocabulary Words



Yes (Exactly What It Means)



No (Not What It Means)



Hope (The Worst Word in the Game)



Guilt (It Means Trouble)



Sorry (It's a Sorry Word)



Aggressive (It's Not Assertive)



Fight (It's Not a Pretty Word)



Game (a.k.a.: Fun)



Glass Ceiling (Their Term, Not Ours)



Future (Then and Now)



How to Enter and Exit the Game



The Two Final Rules



Be a Woman



Be Yourself


Acknowledgments