INTRODUCTION Chapter 1: Career Audit Chapter 2: Women’s Experiences: What They Say Chapter 3: Where Are You In Your Career? Chapter 4: Essential Skills and Qualities For Career Success Chapter 5: Essential Personal Skills and Qualities For Career Success Chapter 6: Essential Relationship Skills and Qualities For Career Success Chapter 7: Essential Strategic Skills and Qualities For Career Success Chapter 8: Essential Career Skills and Qualities For Career Success Chapter 9: Making It Happen Chapter 10: The Current Landscape For Working Women Chapter 11: Conclusion
This practical, coach yourself toolkit will help women to reflect, analyse and plan strategies to take charge of their own career journey – taking readers from what they have achieved so far to how they can achieve their career dreams at any level.
Fiona Elsa Dent is a Management Trainer, Leadership Coach and Associate Faculty member at Ashridge. Previously she held a role on the management team as Director of Executive Education, where for ten years she managed a faculty group and contributed to the strategic operation of the organization. Viki Holton is a Research Fellow at Ashridge where she was also involved with the Ashridge Centre for Business and Society for over eight years. She has a degree in Psychology and is a regular speaker at national and international conferences including the British Academy of Management.
A book written for those seeking to ‘thrive and survive’ in pursuit
of their career. It will resonate with women, whatever their
personal stage of life and career. By drawing on extensive
research, experience of working alongside many women, theory and
history, the authors have created a rich treasure trove that
stimulates interest, personal reflection and provides a sound
practical toolkit. Pick it up as a good read or take up the
challenges of raising your self-awareness to explore your life and
career from different perspectives. Whatever your purpose, engage
with the conclusion and ‘go for it.
*Director, Development Solutions (Headspace) Ltd.*
The book makes significant leaps in women's development with rather
less attention given to surviving as so many books offer, and
instead a far greater focus on thriving with an ethical core to the
authors’ messages – to be true to yourself, believe in yourself and
pay attention to how you work. The tools and tips stay true to this
theme; it's a book written for women by career women who have
observed, researched and experienced much of what they write about,
so their advice is practical and, importantly, kind.
*Head of Research & Policy, Institute of Leadership &
Management*
Reflecting the real life experiences of many contributors to their
research, Dent and Holton present a critical appraisal of ongoing
challenges for women in the workplaces of the 21st century. In its
chapter-by-chapter steps through a range of essential skills and
qualities, the book provides a practical toolkit combining
techniques of self-analysis, useful strategies, and constructive
tips on how women of all ages and at any stage of their working
life can manage and overcome such challenges. Although aimed at
working women, this is a book which many will find invaluable in
their lives. For men, it provides a perspective which will allow
them to play their part in making the workplace more inclusive and
fairer for all. Like all truly helpful “how to” books, it’s not a
once-only read: it’s a book to keep using over lifetime.
*Senior Advisor for Talent Management in ADCO, UAE*
The main lesson I have taken from reading this book is the
importance of strategizing my own personal development. As a full
time working mum I often put aside my own development needs, but
these tools have given me the direction I needed to invest the time
and focus to achieve the executive position I am aiming for. The
hints and tips given, in particular utilising the career coaching
model, have been invaluable. Through the book, I realised the
importance of taking ownership of my career and to have the
confidence to challenge and understand the nuances of business
development at senior levels. I feel now I have the tools and
motivation to concentrate on my own career trajectory and balance
work and home life by more productive means. I have been inspired
to re-think my own coaching principles to relay onto my staff and I
would highly recommend this book to any women who is currently
career planning for senior roles.
*Regional Skills Manager, Ingeus*
This book is excellent; it provides a great insight into others’
experiences, as well as how they managed and adapted to those
experiences. I’d recommend this to anyone thinking about their
career – whether first, intermediary or final steps!
*Senior Consultant, Kissing With Confidence Ltd*
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