Oprah told the world, "If you want to read a very inspiring book, read Hard Won Wisdom." Through exclusive interviews with many of the strongest women of our times, best-selling author Fawn Germer shares the insights of female groundbreakers, dreamers, and survivors who've found extraordinary success. In Hard Won Wisdom, more than fifty of today's most successful women -businesswomen and politicians, athletes and scientists, activists and actresses-act as mentors by sharing their hardships and triumphs while relating what they have learned. Through never-before-published interviews and analysis from the nation's foremost experts in women's psychology, business and sociology, Hard Won Wisdom offers a practical program for success and a guide to living a bolder and more fulfilling life. Featuring: Jane Goodall, Carly Fiorina, Rita Moreno, Jocelyn Elders, Cokie Roberts, hockey's Cammi Granato, journalism legend Helen Thomas, Academy Award winner Frances McDormand, and many, many others. Best-selling author is an international speaker and corporate coach. She is a four-time Pulitzer-nominated journalist who worked as a correspondent for The Washington Post and U.S.News and World Report, and was a staff writer for The Miami Herald.
Fawn Germer once had a boss tell her she wasn't going anywhere. She sure showed him.
"In life, you are lucky when you have a good mentor," she says. "I had a tormentor." But she learned plenty from him.
Global leadership speaker Fawn Germer is the Oprah-featured, best-selling author of six books, which is remarkable considering that her first book was initially rejected by every major publisher in the United States. Fawn's relentless self-determination led that first book onto the best-seller list, then into the hands of Oprah Winfrey, who told the world how "very inspiring" Fawn's work was.
Fawn has interviewed more of the nation's most accomplished leaders and trailblazers than any other speaker. She is a four-time Pulitzer-nominated journalist who wrote for The Miami Herald, The Washington Post and U.S. News and World Report. She is one of the nation's most sought-after keynote speakers, and her recent clients include Kraft, NASA, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Ford Motor Co., State Farm, 3M, GlaxoSmithKline, Accenture, SAP, PepsiCo, FritoLay and many, many others.
Fawn is based in Clearwater, Fla. but travels internationally, teaching people how to embrace their power and deliver more courageous and creative performance. She is one of America's most sought-after keynote speakers on leadership.
