Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office: Unco
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Before you were told to “Lean In,” Dr. Lois Frankel told you how to get that corner office.
The New York Times bestseller, is now completely revised and updated. In this edition, internationally recognized executive coach Lois P. Frankel reveals a distinctive set of behaviors–over 130 in all–that women learn in girlhood that ultimately sabotage them as adults.
She teaches you how to eliminate these unconscious mistakes that could be holding you back and offers invaluable coaching tips that can easily be incorporated into your social and business skills. Stop making “nice girl” errors that can become career pitfalls, such as:
Mistake #13: Avoiding office politics. If you don’t play the game, you can’t possibly win.
Mistake #21: Multi-tasking. Just because you can do something, doesn’t mean you should do it.
Mistake #54: Failure to negotiate. Don’t equate negotiation with confrontation.
Mistake #70: Inappropriate use of social media. Once it’s out there, it’s hard to put the toothpaste back in the tube.
Mistake #82: Asking permission. Children, not adults, ask for approval. Be direct, be confident.
Publisher : Balance; Revised edition (February 18, 2014)
Language : English
Paperback : 384 pages
ISBN-10 : 1455546046
ISBN-13 : 978-1455546046
Item Weight : 10.4 ounces
Dimensions : 5.3 x 1.25 x 7.95 inches
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Marrianne McMullen –
Great book for mentees
I regularly buy this book for any young women I mentor. Great tips and and ideas for self reflection and self awareness. Many young women don’t understand how they can undermine themselves in the workplace, and this book helps them sidestep those land mines and promote themselves effectively. Highly recommend.
JanD –
Excellent book for any female in the workplace
This book is a gem. It has excellent advice for any female in the workplace regardless of their role. It can be read one section at a time. It’s an easy read and contains great tips for the business minded female.
LBoogie –
Good, Useful Advice
I liked this book, especially Dr. Frankel’s advice on how you respond. Here are a couple of my favorite parts.Mistake #74 – Working in Stereotypical Roles or Departments – she hit the nail on the head with this one. This was my favorite part of the book and very true for women- I especially liked the term ‘female ghetto’. She also tied this in with her other mistakes such as money and career re-branding.Other mistakes I liked:Mistake #41 – Being financially insecure. The advice about having “forget you” money is classic.Mistake #23 – Being too thin skinned. Whew! I’ve been there!Mistake #133 Crying – ugh! I loved this part!Some parts of this book I couldn’t really relate to. I didn’t get the ‘gender war’ aspect of it, especially when most of the time, it’s women in the workplace who’ve have made my work life difficult. I wish she would have went into a little bit of that too, maybe how we as treat each other in the workplace. It’s the elephant in the room and I have no desire to gloss over it, or minimize it. But, she also has a section on holding grudges…maybe I’ll read that again!She gives lots of advice and lots of reading suggestions, so I found that I picked my favorite pieces and got the books she recommended from my local library. My advice is to get the book version NOT the Kindle version, because Dr. Frankel has some cool charts and graphs and quizzes throughout the book.Dr. Frankel has an awesome website as well that I highly recommend, and good tips too on there.
Chiara –
Excellent book for young professional women
As a young woman in a conservative profession, it can be really hard to learn the “rules.” There are some really good role models, but there are also some bad role models — and you don’t always know the difference!I enjoyed this book so much and found it tremendously useful. There are pieces of advice here that I wouldn’t find anywhere else. (For example: Don’t bring in baked goods to the office — keep the focus on your work product, not on your tasty muffins.) I am sure that some people will disagree with the advice laid out, and that’s okay. Personally, I found this advice incredibly useful in helping me figure out how to approach the non-“work” parts of work so that I will be taken seriously, build a good reputation for my work product, and advance.I appreciated so much the format and style of this book. I get so sick of “self-improvement” or “advice” books that are heavy on examples, where you have to wade through endless stories that are used as anecdotes or illustrations. I want to get right to the meat of it! And this book is great in that respect. It does contain anecdotes, but they are really brief. Each “chapter” is just a few pages long and gets right to the point.Highly recommended!
PEARL –
Good Read
I highly recommend for new graduates getting ready the job market, those already aiming for promotion and literally all 9-5ers
Robert G. Marbut Jr. –
Great book!
Every woman should be reading this book and then read it again and then study it again!!!So useful! So true! So well done! Every woman I know who has read it agrees with me!This is the best present you can do for a woman or for yourself!
Nuggles –
Just bought – Not sure yet
I’m just beginning to read this book (and will update my review when I’m done) but I already see a few issues with the content so far that contradicts its purpose, sets women back, and if applied in the workplace, could put an employer at risk for a discrimination lawsuit.1) The title. It’s catchy but I am a grown woman, not a girl. In terms of professionalism, shouldn’t we begin by referring to ourselves as women?2) Pages 275-276, “Wearing Inappropriate Makeup” – while I understand that too much makeup (and perfume) can be disruptive but wearing no makeup at all is a bad thing??? There are so many women and girls out there who try to live up to this unrealistic social standard of beauty that they are literally hurting and/or killing themselves (eating disorders, plastic surgery, injections, etc.). Telling women that success ties into how much makeup one wears is very dangerous. Success should never be defined by how much makeup one wears or doesn’t wear.3) Pages 277-278, “The Wrong Hairstyle” – again, this buys into an unrealistic social standard of beauty and could be considered discrimination. Some women cannot cut or dye their hair for religious purposes. Some women, like me, have naturally kinky or frizzy hair. Others can’t afford the $200+ to see a “good hairdresser” every 6-8 weeks. My hair is so much healthier since I stopped dying it. Am I going to dye it again to meet stereotypical standards? NO. Am I going to use chemicals or heating appliances on my hair regardless of the damage they may cause? NOT HAPPENING. Does that me a bad employee? ABSOLUTELY NOT! No one (male or female) should feel any pressure to do things their bodies or hair that results in damage.To promote equality in the workplace, maybe we need to start challenging and changing the way we judge each other – it should be by performance, not appearance/difference. Maybe someone needs to write a book titled “How To Recognize and Promote Talent Fairly Regardless of Sex, Race, Religion, Etc.”
Maria Young –
Very useful and easy to implement coaching tips provided throughout the book, unlike most self-help books in this vein which tell you what success looks like but not how to get there. Nicely done Lois!
Elise Berlingin –
You must read this.
Disha –
What an incredible book. Its so real. I am guilty of making most of the mistakes mentioned in this book. Though this book os written for workplace setting, it is equally relevant for personal relationships also because nice girls behave ‘nicely’ in and out of the office. This book is helping me in many areas of my life. I recently negotiated a car deal and I could feel the difference in how I sound now. Its a must read for all women. Another thing this book helped me with is to make me realize I am not the only one making these mistakes because I have been very hard on myself for sounding stupid and unconfident. Rather than beating ourselves up, we need to understand the reasons why most women behave ‘nicely ‘ while men go out and conquer the world (and intimidate us) is because of our upbringing and a lot of other external factors. This book provides many many practical tools to change that. I will be rereading this book several times. Make sure you take lots of notes.
JL –
Unterhaltsam, wichtiges Thema, leicht zu lesen.
GUnjaan –
Good book precise, clear and to the point. For a change unlike other writers this book is written without BS. My only concern is about small book size and paper quality! But at this price that’s all that I get. Anyone looking for tips n tricks to excel the gender game at office this book could help you.