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It was clear to me before reading Hardball for Women that I had made a number of grave political mistakes in my recent roles that had caused me to lose senior-level sponsorship, but was at pains to identify what they were. This is, hands down, the most valuable business book I have read. I heartily recommended it -- to men and women alike -- without reservation. This book has been instrumental in elucidating those missteps and what I need to do to rectify them. Now to go put it to use.
Now some of the male managers on client sites (also hearing their female co-workers talk about it), who don't play the old men's hierarchy game well - are also reading it. I give out copies of "Hardball" to all of my female friends, the young exec's I mentor and my female relatives. Everyone loves it and wishes they were given it a long time ago. They have all found it has changed their life in some way (couple of promotions, lots of winning deals, new ways to deal with really awful business situations for the better). Some of my male BA's (business analysts) have heard us talking about it and used it to improve their dating prowess. I think it should be compulsory reading for all girls going from year 9 to 10 in Australia as that is when the hierarchy kicks in hard and your life starts going backward. Not sure how many copies we have ordered so far but there is bound to be more.
I got my book so fast it was fantastic. I will definitely buy from you again.
Heim and Golant specifically outline the pitfalls women face while trying to compete (and survive). As a university-administrator-turned-clinical-therapist, I found this to be an extremely useful book illustrating how gender differences affect the US business environment. Any woman who has ever sat in a board meeting with men and wonder how they can argue so vehemently and nastily with each other during the discussion but then slap each other on the back and arrange a golf outing at the end of the same meeting will find this book enlightening. in our male-dominated 21st century corporate world. The authors also provide useful ideas to bring about successful outcomes in business, academic, and inter-relational environments.Cherie Renfrow StarryPrivate Practice Therapist/Counselor
I know I need to compromise. This book was too "Working Girl" for me--very 1980-90's. Not every man thinks like this or participated in sports. I am in the medical profession. Very type A and wanted to make sure I could work with others. She uses many of these analogies and it just did not help me. I think it helped me work with women better.
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