Career GPS: Strategies for Women Navigating the New Corporate Landscape
by Bell, Ella L. J. EdmondsonEdition: Reprint
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Pub. Date: 2011-01-04
Publisher(s): Harper Paperbacks
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Summary
Whether you're looking at the CEO seat, an executive manager slot, or a more intrapreneurial position, "Career GPS" has what every woman needs to achieve her career goals. An authority on career development, Dr. Ella L. J. Edmondson Bell, Ph.D., offers valuable guidelines and essential tips for maximizing a review, networking in a relevant way, and much more. Combining Dr. Bell's knowledge and expertise with dozens of first-person stories from female achievers who rose through the ranks, "Career GPS" will guide women of all cultures, ages, and range of experience to success at every level in a dynamic new corporate marketplace.
Author Biography
Ella L. J. Edmondson Bell, Ph.D., is an associate professor of business administration at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth University. Coauthor of the groundbreaking Our Separate Ways: Black and White Women and the Struggle for Professional Identity, she has written for Essence magazine and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Newsweek, Working Mother, and other publications. Linda Villarosa, a former editor at Essence magazine and the New York Times, runs the journalism program at the City College of New York. She is the author of several books, including the bestseller Body Soul: The Black Women's Guide to Physical Health and Emotional Well-being and the novel Passing for Black.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. ix |
| Discovering and Embracing All of Who You Are | p. 1 |
| Choosing the Career Path That's Right for You | p. 19 |
| The Twenty-First-Century Job Search | p. 41 |
| Hit the Ground Running: Your First Ninety Days on the Job | p. 63 |
| Relationships: Cultivating Meaningful Connections | p. 85 |
| Job Performance: It's Not the Only Thing, but It Is the Main Thing | p. 113 |
| Moving on Up: Landing Assignments and Assessing Opportunities | p. 131 |
| Going Global: Preparing for Success in International Assignments | p. 153 |
| Effective Leadership in the New Corporate World | p. 169 |
| Invisible Acts: Work, Life, and Health | p. 187 |
| Afterword: Memorandum to the Executive Team | p. 219 |
| In Gratitude | p. 225 |
| Index | p. 229 |
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