Mistakes I made at work
Subtitle: 25 influential women reflect on what they got out of getting it wrong
By: edited by Jessica Bacal
Publisher: Plume
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780142180570
Subjects: Errors; Career development; Vocational guidance; Psychological aspects; Work; Experience; Women
Other titles: 25 influential women reflect on what they got out of getting it wrong; Twenty-five influential women reflect on what they got out of getting it wrong
Description: Bacal interviewed successful women about their toughest on-the-job moments. These innovators across a variety of fields reveal that they're more thoughtful, purposeful and assertive as leaders because they learned from their mistakes, not because they never made any.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Learning to take charge of your own narrative. Laurel Touby ; Rachel Simmons ; Corinna Lathan ; Lani Guinier ; Ileana Jiménez ; Lisa Lutz ; Kim Gordon ; Reshma Saujani ; Cheryl Strayed; title: Part II. Learning to ask. Danielle Ofri ; Joanna Barsh ; Alina Tugend ; Selena Rezvani ; Carla Harris; title: Part III. Learning to say no. Anna Holmes ; Luma Mufleh ; Ruth Reichl ; Sharon Pomerantz; title: Part IV. Learning resilience. Judith Warner ; Rinku Sen ; Shirley Malcom ; Ruth Ozeki ; Courtney E. Martin ; J. Courtney Sullivan ; Carol S. Dweck.