The New Success Rules for Women: 10 Surefire Strategies for Reaching Your Career Goals (Hardcover)

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A must-read business guide for women at any level, in any industry. -- Donald J. Jacobs, Dean of Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management

No matter where you are in your career, this book will help you gain an understanding of not only where you might want to go and how to get there, but also where you are and how you arrived there. -- Judy Freeman, partner, KPMG LLP

Susan challenges women to be true to themselves, to follow their passions, and to be honest about their strengths and weaknesses. This is no ordinary self-help book. Thanks to Susan, and the talented women she interviewed, the glass ceiling will cease to exist! -- Janet Tiebout Hanson, president & CEO, Milestone Capital, founder, 85 Broads

The New Success Rules for Women is a clear, concise primer that is designed to help women who are on the way up get there faster, smarter, and happier. -- Geri Brin, president Brinsights, producer of the Women & Co/FORTUNE conference

The New Success Rules for Women is refreshing and welcome. Researching the next level of professional success deserves our attention. The New Success Rules encompass the subtle, such as the reminders to "never apologize," as well as the obvious but more difficult admonitions that "if you don't ante, you can't win." In sharing the insights of successful women, Ms. Abrams constructively confronts the 90s clich of "having it all," suggesting instead comfort with an evolving process of making choices, developing support and blending one's professional and personal passions with integrity, persistence, stamina and optimism. It is time for this book and its focus on initiatives and realistic responses to guide a woman's journey through her career and active lifestyle. -- Corinne Ball, senior partner, Weil Gotschal & Manges LLP

The New Success Rules is like having some of the world's best mentors by your side, whenever and wherever you need them. It provides practical information combined with inspirational thinking on the challenges that we all face in our careers. Reading it adds years of experience painlessly. -- Pam Talbot, president & COO, USA, Edelman Public Relations Worldwide

This book provides sound advice for women in the early stages of establishing a business career. I wish I'd read it earlier in my own! Many of these situations were familiar to me and I underlined several sections for sharing with junior associates (both women and men!) in my firm. -- Karen J. Curtin, executive vice president, Bank of America, N.A.

Women are achieving with a new style; one of grace and elegance, and combining it with feminine leadership. This book captures the true spirit of women who have succeeded in business. -- Michelle A. Rosen, department director, McDonald's Corporation

You'll be torn between keeping this book within easy reach and passing it along to your friends and colleagues. -- Benita Levy, managing director, Salomon Smith Barney

[C]ompelling lessons from women who have succeeded in today's toughest business environments. -- Julie Bick, bestselling author of The Microsoft Edge

Product Description

Wouldn't you like to spend time with the top women in business to learn their "secrets" to success? What risks do they take? What choices have they made? And what advice do they have for you? In The New Success Rules for Women, Susan Abrams answers these questions and provides 10 rules for achieving your career goals. She brings the rules to life through anecdotes about the experiences of 45 women—married, single, with children, and without—who have started at the bottom and worked their way to the pinnacle of the business world. Inside this inspirational book, you'll learn from such extraordinary achievers as:
·Janet Robinson, president and general manager of the New York Times
·Betsy Holden, executive vice president of Kraft Foods Inc.
·Connie Duckworth, managing director of Goldman Sachs and CEO of MuniGroup.com
·Barbara Scholley, commander in the U.S. Navy
·Sharon Patrick, president of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
·Robin Burns, president and CEO of Intimate Beauty Corporation and Victoria's Secret Beauty
·And many more!
In The New Success Rules for Women, you'll also discover powerfully simple strategies to work smart, avoid burnout, and give "having it all" your best shot. Whether you're a seasoned manager, a new graduate, or returning to the workforce, you'll discover motivational examples and no-nonsense guidance to identify what business success means to you and how you can achieve it.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Prima Lifestyles (April 27, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761523480
• ISBN-13: 978-0761523482
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #992,618 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Read, July 10, 2000

By A Customer

New Success Rules for Women was a great read (even if you aren't climbing to the top of anything). Great anecdotes and examples from the lives of very interesting, successful people (who happen to all be women!). Full of tips and lessons for women in any field--buy it for a friend.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Important messages, June 20, 2000

By A Customer

I loved the book. Susan Abram's advice is insightful and important, and her messages are very positive...absolutely inspirational! The power pointers and chapter summaries are terrific tools for busy women to carry supportive reminders with them through busy days.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Important reading for all career-mined women., September 7, 2000

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Women who want strategy ideas for achieving career goals will find this an important guide which gathers the ideas of presidents, vice presidents, CEOs and directors - all women in high positions in their companies. Their anecdotes serve as the foundation for practical tips by women who started at the bottom and worked their way up.