Knowing your value
Subtitle: women, money, and getting what you're worth
By: Mika Brzezinski
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Weinstein Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781602861343; 9781602861428
Subjects: Success; Success in business; Equal pay for equal work; Salaries; Salaries, wages; Wages; Women executives; Businesswomen; Women
Description: Interviews a number of prominent women--including comedian Susie Essman, writer and director Nora Ephron, and TV personality Joy Behar--to reveal how all women can achieve their deserved recognition and financial worth in the modern professional world.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Success and failure, all at once; title: My story: how it begins; title: Get out of your way: women as their own worst enemies; title: What's a woman worth? The gender wage gap and the perception of value; title: Acceptable behavior: a cautionary tale about women acting like men in the workplace; title: What men know: we can't act like them, but we can learn from them; title: At the bargaining table: table manners and tactical maneuvers; title: Allies and enemies: a new appreciation of men in the workplace, and a warning about women; title: Motherhood: the game changer; title: Conclusion: My story: how it ends; title: for now.