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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
CEO and television host Lerner's book aims to teach women they need to be bold, take risks and overcome insecurities to improve their careers. A combination self-help book and business manual, the book's six-step program includes choosing risks that make sense, recruiting mentors (and helpers) and bragging about the successes. Lerner writes in a simple style, but the content's not overly simplistic: she acknowledges that not every risk is a good idea, gives readers tools to discern worthwhile risks from bad ones, tells about how to handle having ideas shot down and provides tips on how to own up to mistakes. She also includes quizzes and exercises to help readers figure out priorities, personality types and the degree of "mind clutter." Scattered throughout the book are inspirational paragraphs about "first" women (first at MIT, first track and field gold medalist, first war correspondent). With section heads like "Whether You Have Achieved Your Goal Or Not - You Are A Winner!", the book can become too cheerleader-ish, but the mixture of personal stories and inspirational prose make this a fun and helpful guide to getting ahead.
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From Booklist
Reading of women who have made it in business or chosen to carve out a different career route is always a revelation and a joy. Lerner, an author (Stress Breakers, 1985; Embrace Change, 1992), TV producer, and executive coach, sparkles when she presents the individual stories of successful women, from Jan Babiak of Ernst & Young to Liz Claiborne of the eponymous clothing company, in their own words. What does not work as well is her six-step program of risk taking; it is occasionally forced, usually glib, and, quite frankly, filled with many tools and charts others have used before. Each of the six steps includes exercises to identify specific strengths and weaknesses; to differentiate between, say, "stuck" and "forward moving" mind talk; and to calculate comfort with different parameters of risk. However, it espouses common sense and the art of truly listening to one's mind and heart. That, coupled with the 19 stories, can alone serve as a good life and work catalyst. Barbara Jacobs
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CEO and television host Lerner's book aims to teach women they need to be bold, take risks and overcome insecurities to improve their careers. A combination self-help book and business manual, the book's six-step program includes choosing risks that make sense, recruiting mentors (and helpers) and bragging about the successes. Lerner writes in a simple style, but the content's not overly simplistic: she acknowledges that not every risk is a good idea, gives readers tools to discern worthwhile risks from bad ones, tells about how to handle having ideas shot down and provides tips on how to own up to mistakes. She also includes quizzes and exercises to help readers figure out priorities, personality types and the degree of "mind clutter." Scattered throughout the book are inspirational paragraphs about "first" women (first at MIT, first track and field gold medalist, first war correspondent). With section heads like "Whether You Have Achieved Your Goal Or Not - You Are A Winner!", the book can become too cheerleader-ish, but the mixture of personal stories and inspirational prose make this a fun and helpful guide to getting ahead.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
Reading of women who have made it in business or chosen to carve out a different career route is always a revelation and a joy. Lerner, an author (Stress Breakers, 1985; Embrace Change, 1992), TV producer, and executive coach, sparkles when she presents the individual stories of successful women, from Jan Babiak of Ernst & Young to Liz Claiborne of the eponymous clothing company, in their own words. What does not work as well is her six-step program of risk taking; it is occasionally forced, usually glib, and, quite frankly, filled with many tools and charts others have used before. Each of the six steps includes exercises to identify specific strengths and weaknesses; to differentiate between, say, "stuck" and "forward moving" mind talk; and to calculate comfort with different parameters of risk. However, it espouses common sense and the art of truly listening to one's mind and heart. That, coupled with the 19 stories, can alone serve as a good life and work catalyst. Barbara Jacobs
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
See all Editorial Reviews
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