The workplace is constantly in flux, and even now there are new opportunities open to women. But to take advantage of these
possibilities, it's essential to know the current rules for corporate success. This isn't your father's or your mother's workplace anymore!
Whether it's the CEO seat, an executive manager slot, or a more
intrapreneurial position, women who follow Career GPS will have
what it takes to gain their professional goals.
Dr. Ella L. J. Edmondson Bell, Ph.D., an authority on career
development, has worked with women across a variety of fields and in
different kinds of corporations, from Fortune 500s to start-ups. Here
she offers guidelines to help women forge their own pathways to
professional ascent, providing tips for maximizing a review, networking
in a relevant way, and much more. According to Dr. Bell:
- Think working hard is enough to be recognized? It's not enough to
assume your effort will speak for itself. You have to socialize
with the decision makers. It might not mean you have to pick up the
golf clubs, but you do have to figure out what works in your own
organization.
- Parlez-vous Françis? Learning Mandarin? If you work
for a global company and aspire to an extreme job or higher, make it
known that you would take an overseas assignment to advance your career.
- Nowhere to go right now? Even in hard times there are options.
Learn a lateral skill -- such as accounting -- so when the company is
firing on all engines again, you will impress through the breadth of
your knowledge.
Drawing from her work as a consultant to some of the country's most
prestigious Fortune 100 companies, Dr. Bell helps readers succeed at
every level in a dynamic corporate marketplace. Career GPS
combines Dr. Bell's academic knowledge and expertise with dozens of
heartfelt first-person stories from smart women who rose through the
ranks. Here is a book that will guide women of all cultures, ages, and
levels of experience to their career goals.
pub date: 2010-02-09 | hardcover | 9780061714382 |
