Naked in the boardroom
Subtitle: a CEO bares her secrets so you can transform your career
By: Robin Wolaner.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780743262279; 9780743282840
Subjects: Women executives -- United States; Women chief executive officers -- Training of -- United States; Women executives -- Training of -- United States; Industrial management -- Vocational guidance -- United States; Career development -- United States
Description: Drawing on her own career in magazine publishing and media development, Wolaner shows you how to succeed because of, rather than despite, your unique background and personality. With humor, attitude, and fierce intelligence, she reveals: the keys to successful negotiation on behalf of the company or yourself; what great public speakers know and tricks you can use; how to do the right thing in the gray zones of business ethics; effective ways to recover from a mistake; and much more.
Notes: Originally published in hardback: 2005.  

"A Fireside book."

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Hey Carly, it's different being a woman; title: Burn your career plan; title: How to listen to your gut; title: Mentors and antimentors; title: Doing the right thing; title: doing the wrong thing; title: and how to recover from your mistake; title: Hiring stars; title: and keeping them; title: Firing; title: from both sides; title: Niceties : manners and rituals; title: Tools of the trade; title: The unbalanced life of a working mother; title: What's next; title: P.S.: how a nonparent and anticapitalist raised millions to found Parenting magazine.