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The Big Sister's Guide to the World of Work

The Inside Rules Every Working Girl Must Know

Finally, the answer for every working woman who thought she didn't need and would never read a book about work. Think of this book as 320-page hip, savvy mentor/best friend with an untempered, straight-shooting style and an arsenal of uncommon advice for businesswomen in their twenties and thirties.

In a single eight-hour day, a workingwoman can get more twisted up inside than pantyhose in the spin cycle.

The Big Sister's Guide to the World of Work will straighten her right out-with no snags or sags. The authors bypass politically correct niceties and dig right into the questions today's workingwomen are specifically asking. The authors detail sordid stories from the office dark side and dish out solid advice on identifying and eliminating the self-defeating habits -including  self-doubt, self-deprecation and selflessness-that make women their own worst enemy from nine to five. The authors trash commonly held misconceptions such as "If I work hard, someone will notice and reward me . . .", dash popular career myths like "paying your dues" and give a crash course in the secrets of navigating the complex mazes  of office politics, culture, and conflict. Clever and counterintuitive, practical and positive, this bound collection of insider crib notes and cheat-sheets for the workplace includes chapters such as:

• You are Always Looking for a Job: Opportunity doesn't knock, it Hums.
• Be Snow White and Deal with Your Dwarves: The behaviors that make you look small
• Ugly Stepsisters Vs Sisterhood: The taming of the shrews.
• Hail to the Chef: How to move The Big Cheese.

DiFalco and Herz were  classic, entry-level nobodies wandering through the corporate landscape without a clue about where to turn or what to do to escape the tedium of the view from the bottom. Through falling down and wising up, the duo ultimately each found their way to the Promised Land of milk, honey and assorted nuts at the top of the food chain. What they learned on the way up will arm every working girl to face the forces of evil and opportunity in corporate America and to:

• Reclaim precious hours of their lives previously invested in unproductive wheel spinning.
• Know what to do, what not to do, what to say and how (and when) to say it, to gain, maintain or retain control of their jobs (and themselves).
• Have the relationship with their bosses they want.
• Know what everything they need to know to cruise smoothly into the career and lifestyle they dream of-or have the confidence change direction at any point.

Edgy, wise and uninhibited, DiFalco and Herz take the guesswork out of how to respond to office conundrums of every sort so that anyone at any level in any corporation can be the boss of her own life and career.

Marcelle Langan DiFalco and Jocelyn Greenky Herz met while working at Hachette Filipacchi International. With 20 years experience apiece in editorial, advertising, brand-building, marketing, and new media, they each now own their own consulting firms which provide creative  direction and leadership for their respective clients. Herz lives in Boca Raton Florida and New York City with her husband. DiFalco lives in Bristol, Vermont.

January 2005
Fireside
Business and Economics
5 1/2 x 8 7/16, 256 pages
Carton quantity: 40
EAN: 978074324710851300
0-7432-4710-8
$13.00
$19.50 in Canada
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