How to Thrive and Survive As a Working Woman : The Coach-Yourself Toolkit.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About the authors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Career audit -- Skills and qualities audit -- Personal curriculum vitae -- Personal values review -- Personality analysis -- Happiness review -- My life timeline -- Finest moments -- Feedback from others -- Job environment review -- Edgar Schein's career anchors -- 'What if question' -- Career audit reflections -- Chapter 2 Women's experiences: What they say -- Career multipliers -- Career derailers -- Dealing with derailers - four key steps -- Headlines from this chapter -- Chapter 3 Where are you in your career? -- Section 1: About your life -- Section 2: About your career -- Section 3: Career choices you may face -- Section 4: Career challenges women have faced and ways to overcome such challenges -- Summary -- Chapter 4 Essential skills and qualities for career success -- Chapter 5 Essential personal skills and qualities -- Personal skills and qualities -- Chapter 6 Essential relationship skills and qualities -- Chapter 7 Essential strategic skills and qualities -- Chapter 8 Essential career skills and qualities -- Chapter 9 Making it happen! -- Influences on women managing their career -- Getting help -- Making it happen -- Summary -- Chapter 10 The current landscape for working women -- From the 1970s to the twenty-first century -- Female firsts and milestones -- Women in chief executive officer roles -- International comparisons -- Women at work today -- Spotlight: Women and women's issues in the media -- Conclusion -- Sixteen top tips for success -- Inside careers today: Five things you need to know -- Bibliography -- Index.

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