Success on Our Own Terms: Tales of Extraordinary, Ordinary Business Women - Tapa dura

O'Brien's book "offers an inside look at the corporate and personal lives of women who have crashed through the glass ceiling, many of them with the help of a mentor."--Boston Globe

Q: How many female CEOs does it take to break the glass ceiling? A: That's the wrong question! Numbers alone simply don't tell the real story of how women are doing in today's corporate world. Success on Our Own Terms does. It's filled with real stories -- stories of ordinary women who are making an extraordinary difference in the way corporations work. Success on Our Own Terms features women of different ages, ethnic backgrounds, and educational levels. Their combined experiences offer a fascinating portrait of how the corporate landscape has changed for women over the last few decades. This book is filled with the wisdom of these experiences, from important lessons on navigating corporate corridors and influencing the system to juggling work and personal life, helping local communities, and much more. Exploring the multidimensional definition of success shared by these women, this book reveals how they are working hard to reach their goals, balance their lives, and make a positive contribution to society. It shows how they --and others like them --are transforming the organization from the inside out through their own unique management style, values, vision, and determination. By designing, achieving, and owning their success, women are exploding conventional definitions of their progress in the workplace. The female voices in Success on Our Own Terms inform, encourage, and inspire us all. "Wonderful, timely, and absolutely refreshing. Reading this book excited and inspired me, and reaffirmed my belief that the future will be a great place for women." --Sally Helgesen, author of The Female Advantage: Women's Ways of Leadership and Everyday Revolutionaries: Working Women and the Transformation of American Life "Virginia O'Brien tells the real story --that 'we are entering a new phase in which women are becoming full participants with men in conducting the nation's business.'...It's a heartening read, and a good antidote to media tales of doom and gloom." --Caryl Rivers, coauthor of She Works, He Works: How Two Income Families Are Happier, Healthier, and Better Off "A must read to understand the multidimensional new values successful women bring to the marketplace of ideas...[ Readers] will find themselves, a friend, or a loved one on every page." --Carol R. Goldberg, President of the Avcar Group, Ltd. and former President and COO of Stop & Shop Companies, Inc. "Insightful and informative. This excellent work brings the stories of successful women executives to the forefront." --Charles E. Rice, Chairman and CEO, Barnett Banks, Inc. "These are inspiring stories, which I highly recommend." --Richard McCormick, Chairman and CEO, US West, Inc.