Sanity and Success for Working Women: A Quick Guide to Survive and Thrive in the Corporate World
by Marilyn Fettner Linda McCabe
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Pub Date Apr 04 2017 | Archive Date Jul 31 2017
Description
A quick useful reference for corporate women! This book presents new realistic solutions to help women navigate through common issues they face in the workplace. It's organized to easily find the topic you want!
In today's world, women often feel they are losing their sanity. As they strive for career success, while trying to manage home and family responsibilities, they encounter barriers that keep them from career advancement and achieving the success they deserve. Yet they continue to struggle to attain the ever elusive work-life balance.
Many women report not feeling valued in their workplace. They face challenges with work relationships and politics, getting recognition, promotions, and equal pay. This book is packed with strategies to help women thrive in both their competitive workplaces and demanding personal lives. Some examples of strategies included in Sanity and Success for Working Women are methods for developing a professional image, enhancing communication, and advancing into a leadership role.
A powerful advantage this book offers to working women are the exercises, which take an important concept and translate it into a practical experience. The impact of these exercises results in strengthening mental muscles in a way similar to that of physical training. Rather than simply reading a description of a problem, readers gain skill enhancements for positive change. There is also great value in these pages for corporate leaders, because they are the people with the power and influence to effect broad changes.
You don't want to miss out on this important book that levels the playing field for working women.
Author_Bio: Linda McCabe is President and Founder of Optimal Level, a sought-after consulting firm helping business owners, professionals, and corporations go from where they are to where they want to be. Linda took a small struggling scrap iron and metal business and turned it into a multimillion dollar success. She then founded her current business, Optimal Level. Linda is also a speaker and facilitator renowned for her work in leadership, business growth, sales, and general success.
Linda was voted one of Chicago's Most Influential Women in Business. She has been married for 45 years to "the best husband in the world," has two adult children, and lives in Wheeling, IL. Linda is also the author of Optimal Level, A Woman's Guide to Meeting Life's Challenges.
For more information, visit www.OptimalLevel.com.
Marilyn Fettner, MCC, NCC, LCPC, is a career and life counselor and President of Fettner Career & Life Counseling in Northbrook, Illinois. Marilyn works with individuals and couples to implement practical strategies to deal with challenges in both their work and personal lives. She provides services in life coaching, career counseling, personal counseling, ADHD coaching, mediation, and career assessment testing. Her experience includes managing employee training and development programs, executive coaching, management development, recruiting, and outplacement.
Marilyn has a master's degree in human resource development and in counseling, and is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor, and Master Career Counselor. A life-long learner, Marilyn is passionate about her work to help people attain balance and well-being in their professional and personal lives. Her motto is Work Happy. Live Happy. Be Happy.
For more information, visit www.fettnercareerconsulting.com.
Keywords: women and work, women in the workplace, women in the corporate workplace, women and work issues, women and work-life balance, women's issues in corporate America, women in corporate America, women leaders at work, women and success, women and equal pay, career strategies for women, women's success at work, women and career advancement, women and being valued/appreciated at work, working women and issues in the workplace.
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Available Editions
EDITION | Ebook |
ISBN | 9781506903132 |
PRICE | $8.99 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
4 stars! As a working woman in a large corporate company, I am constantly battling "the good ole boys club". This book has some great techniques to help women change their behaviors and get ahead. I highly recommend this book for all working women as I think this applies across the board.
First, I would like to thank your team for allowing me to read this ebook free of charge via NetGalley. The material was right up my alley, as I am a young woman working in the corporate world, and have been looking for strategies to deal with some of the office politics and confidence issues I've encountered. This proved to be a good, quick read focused on the basics of guiding women in the workplace.
The information I found most compelling in "Sanity and Success" were the visualization and observation exercises. Envisioning how I want to communicate in the workplace, and observing how others whose opinions are often valued communicate in the workplace, were practical steps that I can begin to put into motion now. I also enjoyed the reminder to take the opportunity to engage with people who are in positions of influence, whether it be on the elevator or during a meeting.
Another important section of this book focused on why women sometimes don't support other women in the workplace, for reasons including a lack of enough opportunities for more women to move into leadership roles, and not wanting to give other women an easier way than they themselves experienced. Mentioning that sometimes women can unintentionally mirror the behavior of men who are disrespectful to women in the workplace, and to monitor your actions, was a good reminder to do some self-reflection.
A nugget that I've heard before but is always useful to revisit was that women tend to wait until they feel they are 100% qualified to apply for a position or promotion, whereas men go after a job when they feel they are about 60% qualified. This is so important for women to remember when trying to get ahead in a male-driven workforce. You do not have to meet every single qualification to move into a bigger role!
Due to this book being more of a quick reference guide, as opposed to an in-depth body of work based on some new concept, I would recommend this to women who are on the go and are looking for something they can refer to as needed to keep them focused on their career goals, and remind them of practical ways to help overcome office politics.
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