The Glass Wall : Success strategies for women at work - and businesses that mean business.

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Copyright Page; Dedication; About the Authors; Contents; Foreword; Preface; How to read this book; Introduction: The Way Forward; Chapter 1: Ambition; Men are ambitious; women are ambivalent; Ask for what you want; ask for what you need; Ambition is a stranger to me; Jostling the big boys; Use the frustration; Feel the fear, then do it anyway; Wherever you go, you take the weather with you; One voice: Tessa; Chapter 2: Creativity; Men strut their stuff; women tend to play it down in order to conform; Borrow it; Don't zig, zag; Don't fear failure; Tear it up; Be naïve; One voice: Kelly.

Chapter 3: Cutting ThroughMen like to be noticed; women like to get on with the work; Brand yourself; Speak their language; Ha ha: be funny; Shhhh: cutting through as an introvert; Managing up -- and sideways (that's your job too); Don't be a doormat; Be seen; One voice: Mercedes; Chapter 4: Trouble; Trouble troubles women differently from how it troubles men; Keep going; Is sex a problem?; Sex in the of ce; The Conspiracy of the Sisterhood: kindness can kill; Mean girls; Know when to back down; The burnout; One voice: Rachel; Chapter 5: Resilience.

Men take things in their stride that can seem to throw women off courseDon't ask, don't get; When to walk away; The secret rules of work; The numbers game; The playbook; Don't take it personally; One voice: Megan; Chapter 6: Anger; Men exploit their inner bastard; women hide the inner bitch; Power grip; Odd one out; Use advocates; Go feral; Play the long game; One voice: Gloria; Chapter 7: Karma; Women are not in the network of chaps: how to pay favours forward and how helping others helps you; Always on; Be your best self; Make a memory; Pay it forward; We're all human; One voice: Carys.

Afterword41 Strategies for Success; Acknowledgements; Bibliography and further reading; Appendix: Lightspeed survey results.

Includes bibliographical references.

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