Games Mother Never Taught You: Corporate Gamesmanship for Women (Paperback)

by Betty Lehan Harragan (Author)

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Product Description
A guide for women to making it in the corporate world discusses company loyalty, winning praise and recognition, sexual politics, and more. Reissue. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 335 pages
• Publisher: Warner Books (April 6, 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446977268
• ISBN-13: 978-0446977265
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #667,255 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tells you the rules of business very clearly..., September 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Games Mother Never Taught You (Mass Market Paperback)

... and if you weren't either a football player in high school or in the military you don't know them.

It's written for women, but any men that weren't jocks or military need to read this too.

I used to wonder why I got in trouble at work -- now I know and don't do it anymore. I'm getting well paid for my work, get along with my co-workers and management, and my career is on track.

I recommend this book to everyone I know, the few who actually read it get the same results I got.

It's a little dated, but don't let that stop you. The corporate culture (at least in the United States) hasn't changed much this century and it's not likely to change anytime soon. Some of the details she presents may be different, the general principles are still completely current.

Also, she's a fun writer and it's a good read.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Description of corporate world and advice on career planning, February 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Games Mother Never Taught You (Mass Market Paperback)

Interesting book which describes the corporate world from a women's perspective and gives advice on career planning and advancement. As a man, I find the book overstates the nature men and of `male' business - not all men are sports jocks. However, the book does contain plenty of good, ruthless, honest advice.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book changes careers!, November 3, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Games Mother Never Taught You (Mass Market Paperback)

When I bought this book a stranger came up to me and said "That book is fantastic and will change your life". It is an essential text for women who want to succeed. As I read it for the first time the scales fell from my eyes. I felt embarrassed that I had missed so much about workplace dynamics, acceptable behaviour, ways of presenting oneself and relating to coleagues that suddenly seemed so glaringly obvious. The book's message: all organisations are based on the hierarchical command structure of the military, and work groups are based on sports teams. Therefore, women with little or no experience of the military/team sports will be constantly swimming against the tide and speaking the wrong language UNLESS THEY READ THIS BOOK! I have bought half a dozen copies of this book and given them to women friends. It is always easy to spot those who need it. I expect it is possible to be a successful career woman without reading this book, but why make life more difficult than necessary? From a successful career woman.