Sunday, June 06, 2004
"Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office" | theledger.com:
"We grew up and in our childhoods, most young girls were given messages to be sweet and nice and kind -- and not too smart.
'Somehow, growing up, for many of us we never got the messages we needed. You continue to act like a nice little girl, and that will not get you the corner office. We need to learn what it means to be an adult woman.'"
Read Lois P. Frankel's new book, Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Mistakes that Women Make.
"We grew up and in our childhoods, most young girls were given messages to be sweet and nice and kind -- and not too smart.
'Somehow, growing up, for many of us we never got the messages we needed. You continue to act like a nice little girl, and that will not get you the corner office. We need to learn what it means to be an adult woman.'"
Read Lois P. Frankel's new book, Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Mistakes that Women Make.
theledger.com
"A very common mistake, Frankel said, is to work too hard. That's Mistake No. 3. 'Women don't get ahead because they work hard,' she wrote. 'Likeability, strategic thinking, networking and being a team player are but a few of the other factors that go into crafting a successful career.'"
This is a mistake that both men and women make. Techno experts are valued for their work, but they are not going to win in the poker game of law firm life...
Lois P. Frankel's new book explores 101 career mistakes that people make. Read the article. Then read the book.
