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Mika Brzezinski and her sister-in-law Ginny Brzezinski have teamed up to show you that career reinvention is possible at any age. They share successful relaunchers' secrets to overcoming obstacles both internal and external, and their step-by-step processes and candid advice.
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Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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"Part manual, part womanifesto, Feminist Fight Club is a hilarious yet incisive guide to navigating subtle sexism at work, providing real-life career advice and humorous reinforcement for a new generation of professional women.".
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American Management Association
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Smart Mom, Rich Mom explores how women today are navigating the financially challenging career/parenting years and emerging more prosperous and empowered. The book mines their experiences to uncover career advice and spending and savings strategies that everyone can use.
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Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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A career handbook in manga form demonstrates the six core principles of finding, keeping, and achieving success in satisfying work through the fable of Johnny Bunko, a young college graduate who lands his first job at Boggs Corp.
86) Please sit over there: how to manage power, overcome exclusion, and succeed as a Black woman at work
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Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"The key to career advancement is understanding power: who has it, where it hides, and how it's used. Please Sit Over There teaches Black women the skills they need to succeed in an uneven playing field. Black women continuously navigate systems that were never intended for them while using a set of rules that was never designed for them. There are so many unwritten rules of power still at play in professional organizations that repeatedly hinder...
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English
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Tiffany Pham chronicles her path to becoming one of the most successful entrepreneurs of her generation, and offers specific, actionable advice that covers everything from overcoming self-doubt, to pursuing side-hustles, to crushing it at life and work by over-delivering, all while remaining the same person. The book also features strategies and insights from ten of the most powerful moguls worldwide, including Nina Garcia, Star Jones, and Rebecca...
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Bethany House
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"After moving cross-country with her son and accepting a filmmaker's mentorship, Val Locklier is caught between her insecurities and new possibilities. Miles McKenzie returns home to find a new tenant is living upstairs and he's been banished to a ministry on life support. As sparks fly, they discover that authentic love and sacrifice must go hand in hand"--
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Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2020
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English
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A Guide to Talking Finances with Our Daughters! As many as 56% of women feel that they'd rather not talk about money with their loved ones. Some women say they were raised not to discuss money and others feel like the information is just too personal. Yet with many women controlling household budgets and raising the next generation of female earners, this could be a recipe for disaster in some homes and for society at large. How a Mother Should Talk...
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HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"What do you want to be when you grow up? It's a familiar question we're all asked as kids. While seemingly harmless, the question has unintended consequences. It can make you feel like you need to choose one job, one passion, one thing to be about. Guess what? You don't. Having a lot of different interests, projects and curiosities doesn't make you a 'jack-of-all-trades, master of none.' Your endless curiosity doesn't mean you are broken or flaky....
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Ramsey Press, The Lampo Group, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Right now, 70% of Americans aren't passionate about their work and are desperately longing for meaning and purpose. They're sick of "average" and know there's something better out there, but they just don't know how to reach it. One basic principle--The Proximity Principle--can change everything you thought you knew about pursuing a career you love. In his latest book, The Proximity Principle, national radio host and career expert Ken Coleman provides...
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Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"The author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Ultralearning explores why it's so difficult for people to learn new skills, arguing that three factors must be met to make advancement possible, and offering 12 maxims to improve the way we learn"--
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Harvard Business Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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Kaplan describes a specific and actionable roadmap for helping readers define their own success and reach their unique potential. This effort requires several key steps in an integrated process, as well as a high level of motivation and hard work.
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"We all have big ambitions for the future but those dreams only become reality if we do something towards them regularly. To achieve audacious goals, we need to take action and make small changes every day. We need to think big and act small. Drawing on cutting-edge research from behavioural science, Dr Grace Lordan offers immediate actionable solutions and tips that will help you get closer to your dream future, every day. Focusing on six key areas...
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