Nice Girls Don't Get The Corner Office: 101 unconscious mistakes women make...

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Frankel can help you eliminate these unconscious mistakes that are holding you back and offer you coaching tips to nail your social and business skills. While women know they shouldn’t do this in the office, there are times when they just can’t help it. Yet I've always held onto this starry-eyed idea that we should be able to create lives for ourselves that honor who we are and what we value. Even thought I can't relate to her on a generational level she is a good kick in the pants to stop being a "girl" and start working like a woman who has her shit together.

Think: your well-meaning grandmother (but still your grandmother) trying to give you a boatload of career advice based on her life experiences. of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers by Lois P. This is too valuable of a resource to not own and be able to refer back to until these life changing tips become healthy habits. Telling me I need to grow up (into a woman) and put my big girl panties on but don't be too feminine about it.

The author's main theme is, "Quit being a girl," by which she means to toot your own horn and stand up for yourself because high quality work alone won't get you noticed and promoted. I found it to be extremely outdated and anti-feminist, in fact, being a woman was portrayed as the ultimate weakness. So while you shouldn’t stop tilting your head entirely, you should be aware of when you should and shouldn’t. In my experience, it's rare to come across a white woman who can see and relate to our added challenges. Recommended Read: Nice Girls Don't Get The Corner Office: Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers | Lois P.

What about all the women who Frankel describes as being stuck in the 'women's ghetto' of secretaries and administrators?

Frankel lists eight areas where women make mistakes but cautions you cannot make all mistakes at the same time.

Freelancers, arbeiders, creatieven, onderwijzers, verpleegsters, you name it: driekwart van dit boek is nutteloos voor jullie. These gender stereotypes only become more prevalent in the business world when women fail to play the game. Apparently, it means that I'm uncomfortable (usually true in social situations anyway) and unsure of myself.

this was going well when talking about behaviours but at around point 100, she started talking about appearance. It doesn’t take into account cultural differences throughout the world or company cultures across different industries and it declares some things as facts without any proof. These action items are harder to put into practice than others, since these are about changing your worldview completely. An advocate will speak up on their behalf in their absence, introduce them to people who might be able to help them and put them on the radar screen of career-advancing relationships. I would absolutely listen to this again because its chalked full of tips and advice that apply to so many different situations a woman finds herself in at work.

As you become aware of the behaviors that are sabotaging your career, you will begin to see a change in how people perceive you and how you perceive yourself. This book was written for you, so take out your pen and start making notations for what you commit to doing differently. What we don't need in 2017 is a corporate, literary version of Cosmopolitan magazine, telling women how to comply with men's expectations of women at work. I think it's fine when you're trying to decide where to meet for dinner or what to wear, but professionally, it shows that you can't make a decision.Simply inform whoever needs to be informed that you’ll be late or out and offer assurance that the projects you’re working on are on track for completion.