How women rise: break the 12 habits holding you back

Table of Contents

Part 1. On being stuck.
1. Where we're coming from
2. Where you are
3. When women resist change
Part 2. The habits that keep women from reaching their goals.
4. The twelve habits
5. Habit 1: Reluctance to claim your achievements
6. Habit 2: Expecting others to spontaneously notice and reward your contributions
7. Habit 3: Overvaluing expertise
8. Habit 4: Building rather than leveraging relationships
9. Habit 5: Failing to enlist allies from day one
10. Habit 6: Putting your job before your career
11. Habit 7: The perfection trap
12. Habit 8: The disease to please
13. Habit 9: Minimizing
14. Habit 10: Too much
15. Habit 11: Ruminating
16. Habit 12: Letting your radar distract you
Part 3. Changing for the better.
17. Start with one thing
18. Don't do it alone
19. Let go of judgment
20. Remember what got you here.

Do you hesitate about putting forward ideas? Are you reluctant to claim credit for your achievements? Do you find it difficult to get the support you need from your boss or the recognition you deserve from your colleagues?

If your answer to any of these is 'Yes', How Women Rise will help get you back on track. Inspiring and practical by turns, it identifies 12 common habits that can prove an obstacle to future success and tells you how to overcome them. In the process, it points the way to a career that will satisfy your ambitions and help you make the difference you want to make in the world.

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