| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
193 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. The object of the game -- 2. Four ground rules : You are who you say you are ; One prize doesn't fit all ; Work Isn't a sorority ; You're always a mother, daughter, wife, or mistress -- 3. Preparing to play : Learn the playing field ; Check out the team culture ; Get picked for the team ; Wear the right uniform ; Set the right goal -- 4. How to keep score -- 5. Playing the game: fourteen basic rules for success : Make a request ; Speak out ; Speak up ; Toot your own horn ; Don't expect to make friends ; Accept uncertainty ; Take a risk ; Be an imposter ; Think small ; Don't anguish ; Follow the team leader ; Don't assume responsibility without authority ; Sit at the table ; Laugh -- 6. Six things men can do at work that women can't : They can cry. You can't ; They can have sex. You can't ; They can fidget. You can't ; They can yell. You can't ; They can have bad manners. You can't ; They can be ugly. You can't -- 7. He hears, she hears: ten genderbender vocabulary words : Yes (exactly what it means) ; No (not what it means) ; Hope (the worst word in the game) ; Guilt (it means trouble) ; Sorry (it's a sorry word) ; Aggressive (it's not assertive) ; Fight (it's not a pretty word) ; Game (a.k.a.: fun) ; Glass ceiling (their term, not ours) ; Future (then and now) -- 8. How to enter and exit the game -- 9. The two final rules : Be a woman ; Be yourself. |
| Summary |
An executive vice president of CNN shares her insights into the "good ol' boys network," arming women with the tools they need to succeed in a man's world. |
| Subject |
Businesswomen -- Psychology.
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Businesswomen -- Psychology.
(OCoLC)fst00843017
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Evans, Gail, 1941- Play like a man, win like a woman. 1st ed. New York : Broadway Books, ©2000 (OCoLC)607467514 |
| ISBN |
0767904621 (hardcover) |
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9780767904629 (hardcover) |
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