How Women Rise
by Sally Helgesen and Marshall Goldsmith
Twelve habits that hold women back (reluctance to claim achievements, expecting others to notice, overvaluing expertise, perfectionism, minimising), and how to change them. The female counterpart to What Got You Here.
Read it if…
you are a woman whose competence is not translating into advancement.
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Skip it if…
you want the general book; see What Got You Here.
Try instead: Reinventing You →
Three things you will actually use
- Claim your achievements.
- Expertise is not enough.
- Perfectionism costs more than it earns.
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Identify your top two habits from the twelve.
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Twelve habits that hold women back.
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