She Wins, You Win: The Most Important Rule Every Businesswoman Needs to Know [Hardcover]

Gail Evans (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 24, 2003

Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman, Gail Evans's first blockbuster book on getting ahead in business, was a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Business Week business bestseller. In her eagerly awaited new book, this powerhouse author-and CNN's first female executive vice president-takes her empowering approach to corporate success to the next level: It isn't enough for women to understand and learn men's rules-they must create their own. And the path to success begins with this single most important rule:

Evey time a woman succeeds in business, every other woman's chance of succeeding in business increases.

Every time a woman fails in business, every other woman's chance of failure increases.

Whether you're a top executive or an entry-level assistant, She Wins, You Win will give you the tactics and strategies (and a few controversial ideas along the way) you need to attain your career goals:

* How supporting each other paves the way for success
* The importance of being a team player-and how to set up your own winning team
* When it's okay to break the rules
* How to tap into the resources already at your disposal
* Discovering your rainmaking skills
* Sharing information
* Why women should forget networking and start "webbing"
* Women to watch out for-from "Queen Beas" to "Seniority Sues"

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Evans, the first female to be named an executive vice president at CNN, obviously knows a thing or two about acquiring power. In this follow-up to her Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman, she advises women to trump the old boys' network by playing a "girls' game." Espousing a one-for-all, all-for one approach, Evans insists women must work together to "achieve a critical mass at the highest levels," concluding, "Every woman must always play on the women's team." Leading readers step-by-step through the process of building formal and informal teams, Evans explores seven pivotal topics, including mentoring, "rainmaking," information-sharing and "webbing" (networking with comprehensive, complex interconnections), while teaching women how to deal with challenges (including which people to cultivate and which to avoid) and dismantling popular myths and allaying common fears. This is an aggressive but motivating handbook for women who are serious about career success. (On sale Apr. 28)
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

Why isn't there an 'Old Girls' Network? Gail Evans tells us why-and shows us how to create one. (Rachel Simmons, author of the New York Times bestseller Odd Girl Out)

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Gotham (April 24, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592400256
• ISBN-13: 978-1592400256
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #970,162 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Women, empower thyselves!, May 15, 2003

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Drew Feight (Cincinatti, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: She Wins, You Win: The Most Important Rule Every Businesswoman Needs to Know (Hardcover)

As a progressive gen-X male, I have always wondered why the unprecedented level of opportunity for women in our society has translanted into equality of education and equal representation in the workforce, but not into equal pay for equal work or equal representation in the boardroom. Gail Evans not only offers an explanation; she tells her readers how to rectify the situation. She has been there, done that, and is spreading the word on how. This book is a great gift for any woman of ambition who is ready to help herself and other women overcome the final obstacles to gender equality.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read for Women!!, April 24, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: She Wins, You Win: The Most Important Rule Every Businesswoman Needs to Know (Hardcover)

Women keep complaining that we can't get ahead in business because the men have placed a glass ceiling over our heads--but is it really the men's fault? Evans says that women are to blame also. Why? Because there's ONE RULE that all women must follow, and we're not doing it: We must all play on the same team. That's because every time one woman succeeds in business, we all do; and every time one woman fails in business, we all do. In other words, women need to take care of each other, help each other, support each other, exactly as the men do for other men. If we don't do that, we will never reach the highest levels of power. All the self-help and motivational books that are churned out year after year are useless if we don't start taking matters in our own hands.
And that is what's most inspiring about this book--women don't need to ask for help. We have the ability to change the business world right now. All we have to do is help ourselves.
This may well be the most important business book a woman will ever read. You shouldn't just buy it--you should ask your friends to read it, too.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars She Wins, You Win, May 12, 2003

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Jane Leavey (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: She Wins, You Win: The Most Important Rule Every Businesswoman Needs to Know (Hardcover)

Once again, Gail Evans has written a book that will resonate with every thoughtful woman both in and out of the workplace. Evans' insights about how women tend to react and behave in particular situations, her stories of 'real people' and her thoughtful advice about ways in which to raise our awareness of ourselves and of how we may empower others, professionally and personally, is much food for thought and discussion. She's urging us to make a conscious effort to look for women when we are seeking professional services and, if we think they can be the best for the job, choose them! She's saying...be advocates for ourselves and for other women and her examples and insights are inspirations for further discussion.