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Title: See Jane Lead: 99 Ways for Women to Take Charge at Work
ISBN: 0446579688
Author:
Lois P. Frankel
Publicate Date: 2007-04-11
Publish: 2007-04-11
List Price: $22.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Hardcover
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1: Empowering tips
I borrowed this from the library a few summers ago, and I plan to actually buy it before I graduate from college and (I hope) enter the workforce in a few months. I really like the way Dr. Frankel translates the strengths that females often have into success at work; I don't think it is fair or effective for some of us women to try to work within the masculine constructs that are usually considered the keys to success.
The self-evaluations were good to get you started on thinking about your own leadership. I find that it is hard for me to apply abstract concepts about leadership to my own past and future experience, but Frankel's concrete points make it easier.
See Jane Lead is worth the read, and probably worth keeping around.
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2: Lead With Jane's Help
Excellent gift for the woman just entering the work force and for the woman who is dealing with the good ole boys at work.
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3: The View from a Positive Slant
In her previous books Ms. Frankel tended to write from a negative viewpoint. She would say something like here are a hundred things you shouldn't do. She got tired of interviewers asking if she was advising women to be mean and nasty, some even used the dreaded 'B' word:[...] This time she has turned her writing around to the positive side and points out 99 things that women should do.
What I found to be the best two chapters in the book are towards the end. Chapter 8 is Women as Entrepreneurs. Early in the chapter she gives a short self-assessment test. It's pretty good, but I think leaves out two all important questions: 1. Can you stand to have anyone over you as a boss, and 2. In your own mind do you really have a choice or is this something you have to do. Most entrepreneurs I know would put the answer to these questions at the top of their decision tree.
And then there's Chapter 9, Raising Our Daughters to Lead. Little girls are often taught that they fit professions like nurse, stewardess or something else that isn't at the top. But there's no reason they shouldn't be told that they should be the doctor, not the nurse, and if you want to work on an airplane, fly the damn thing, don't serve drinks.
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4: What a great motivating book
Please note I bought the audio book. I have to admit that after only a few chapters I was verbally agreeing with the author. This book differentiates "management" from "leadership" in such an AWESOME way. There are a lot of truths in the book and it helped me "see the light" regarding my own professional experiences and mishaps. Because women are becoming a much larger force to be reckoned with in the workplace, times are a changin'. Other topics include "taking risks", how to be a leader, and it's very crafty for the author to have lots and lots of coaching tips through the entire book with references to other great resources (books). I think that women will be empowered and motivated by this book and will run out into the world and start leading in their professional lives instead of feeling like they have to conform to the old school way of corporate America. The truth in this matter is that Corporate America is changing (although rather slowly) and women are going to continue to take on leadership roles and have a lot to offer corporate America and offer a different and effective approach to leadership. This is not to say that a traditional man's approach is completely incorrect, but improvements can be made to increase productivity and motivation. This book is all about showing women they have the skills to lead people and manage businesses.
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5: Frankel Tells It Like It Is- And What to Do About It
Dr. Lois Frankel's introduction builds a solid foundation for the book's thesis - women lead very well at work, at home and in their communities but may not get the respect they deserve for it. See Jane Lead debunks the myth that leadership is some sort of abstract "art"; rather, Dr. Frankel uses practical examples of not only what to do but how to do it.
I particularly recommend Chapter 2, "If You Can Run a Household, You Can Be Strategic" for anyone returning to the workforce after time away but any woman who reads this book will discover (or re-discover) her "inner leader" .
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