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Monday Morning Leadership for Women
Valerie Sokolosky
Review by Kristine Entwistle, CMP
Member, International Women’s Leadership Committee
WLI Chapter Liaison, MPI San Diego Chapter
About the Book:
Written in story format, this book easily tells of a mentoring relationship between two women (who meet at Starbucks!) -- and teaches the reader key leadership tactics while the “mentee” learns the same. The book is written in a casual conversation style. It reads easy and is perfect for a plane ride! You’ll enjoy the way each leadership lesson is learned through a real life business challenge, analysis and resolution. This book raises the leadership principles and qualities that can make us all more effective. It is also an excellent reminder of the value of mentors, many of whom may come to us in non-conventional ways and spend a limited amount of time - yet help us reach new levels of personal success. (Also -- fits into your purse!)
Review by Tuesday Johnson-MacDonald
President, TAP Resources, Canada
About the Book:
An easy read of poignant and practical advice fills the pages of Monday Morning Leadership for Women. You will be tempted to read this book in a couple of days. However, you will quickly discover the most advantageous process is to engage in the eight week Monday morning coffee discussions right along with the author! The question, answer and discovery discussions shared are provided in such a matter you will think your one of the woman sitting in the discussions. Each chapter, weekly discussion, guides you into a eight key learning’s while providing you an opportunity to apply the advice and identify your own lessons learned.
About the Author:
Valerie Sokolosky has her own company, Valerie & Company - an international leadership development company in Dallas, TX. For over 25 years, Valerie has influenced the corporate world as an international keynote speaker, author of seven books, and high-level executive coach of CEOs, other senior management or women/men wanting to “climb”. Her client list includes Verizon, Neiman-Marcus, Microsoft, Texaco, Motorola, American Airlines and New York Life, and her firm’s expertise has received front-page Wal l Street Journal press coverage. Valerie has helped thousands reach their leadership potential using practical tips and poignant stories. Monday Morning Leadership for Women is one of those stories.
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Play Like a Man – Win Like a Woman
Gail Evans
Review by MJ Calnan, Managing Director, WLI
About the book:
A perfectly frank, easy, read-on-a-flight book about dealing with the male-dominated leadership reality – and getting beyond it! Don’t let the title stop you – this is a woman-to-woman conversation about getting where you want to be without compromising who you are as a woman – but knowing who the "players" are as men. This is a book you will want to share with your friends, daughters – and even the men with whom you work and live. It calls it like it is…and teaches you how to make it – by knowing the rules!
About the author:
This being her first book after a long climb up the corporate ladder, Gail had the joy of it being on the best-sellers list soon after it was written! Her story is one of joining CNN the year it started in the 1980s - and climbing that ladder to become the Executive Vice-President with such accomplishments as producing the award-winning Talk Back Live, Larry King, and legal-advice programs featuring women. Newly retired, Gail is about to publish her second book She Wins You Win. A down-to-earth women – wife, mother and grandmother, Gail is wisdom personified.
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Be Your Own Mentor
Sheila Wellington
Review by MJ Calnan, Managing Director, WLI
About the Book:
Jane Pauley said this about this book: "If you already have a mentor, I hope she’s reading this book. If you don’t, you have one now." And that’s it…this includes honest insights about taking care of yourself like the women in the book – inviting you to either follow their paths, or determine your own. Real issues – like getting promoted faster, making more money, balancing your life – all helping you take control of your success! Get with the program – create a strategy, find visibility, change your direction, negotiate salary, and much, much more! All wrapped up in one book. One inch thick – easy to take with you! If you don’t take control of your future – somebody else will – and you may not like it!
About the Author:
Since 1993, Sheila has been the president of Catalyst – a well-known non-profit research and advisory body working to advance women in business, and her history includes being the first woman in a top executive role at Yale University. Under her leadership, Catalyst was called "groundbreaking" by the Wall Street Journal as the leading resource for information on women in business – helping both women and their companies maximize the gift of women to the world of business. Sheila is quoted and printed often as the expert on women in the world of work.
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