How to Succeed in Business without a Penis: Secrets and Strategies for the Working Woman [Paperback]

Karen Salmansohn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 23, 1997

Karen Salmansohn's humorous advice to women struggling for success in business is now available in trade paper. She recommends that women learn how to balance their inherently female qualities with what are perceived as traditional male advantages. Salmansohn claims that taking the best of both will give women the edge necessary to compete with men in the workplace.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

The provocative title is just the beginning. Wait till you see what's inside... Written by former advertising executive and self-confessed workaholic Karen Salmansohn, this is not your mother's advice book. Nope, no warm and maternal platitudes here. Salmansohn has written a devilishly funny and utterly bawdy book that also happens to be intelligent and insightful. Salmansohn takes gender roles, chews them up, spits them out and tells working women how to get out there in the world and get what they deserve. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Publishers Weekly

Salmansohn (How to Make Your Man Behave in 21 Days or Less, Using the Secrets of Professional Dog Trainers) aims to blend the "informational" aspect of men's business books with the "affirmational" component of those oriented to women. A former advertising exec, Salmansohn knows that packaging can always spiff up a product; even if she can't divine new paradigms, she can use creative typography, clever (and sometimes cloying) phrasing and lists, lists, lists, like any good woman's mag. If you can get past her name for an exercise break ("The Staremaster"), you'll find her advice is pretty sound. She recognizes that supposed male advantages like single-mindedness can also boomerang into oversuspiciousness, thus allowing women to succeed in the long run. And she acknowledges that alleged female advantages like sensitivity have their down sides. Salmansohn skates on some thin ice when she discusses workplace sexuality; she encourages readers to get in touch with their sexuality and recommends flirting as a path to success?though she does give advice on defusing sexual harassment.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press (September 23, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0609801414
• ISBN-13: 978-0609801413
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,855,754 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

KAREN SALMANSOHN is a best-selling author and motivational speaker with 25 published books, including Good Karma in a Box; The 8-Minute Guts Builder; Even God Is Single, So Stop Giving Me a Hard Time; and the best-selling How to Change Your Entire Life by Doing Absolutely Nothing. She lives in New York City.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Great advice".....says a guy, September 8, 2000

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This review is from: How to Succeed in Business Without A Penis (Hardcover)

While I have little experience in the realm of women's
career/self-help/humor, I thought this book was fantastic. It's seems
to cover in a comprehensive fashion every women-in-the-workplace
dilemma I have ever heard about. In a strange way, it starts with the
most existential question first: "What do I really really want in a
career." It then works back from there to the gimmes like "is it
OK for me to flirt in the workplace?" (unequivocally yes, if only
to even things out a little bit). The book is brutally honest about
practical tactics for dealing with office issues.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Funny!, July 6, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Succeed in Business without a Penis: Secrets and Strategies for the Working Woman (Paperback)

Funny and the merit of truth. Great book for women looking for confidence in business endeavors.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars funny, exciting and refreshing, December 29, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Succeed in Business without a Penis: Secrets and Strategies for the Working Woman (Paperback)

WOW! It is so refreshing to read a useful book for the modern business woman that has some real humor to it. This book gives anyone, rookies to veterans, the real-life tips they'll need to survive in the corporate jungle while adding a laught or two -- and all the while, the author manages to stay fairly politically correct in her opinions. Enough of those stuffy business books! This one is a perfect mix for business in the '90's.