Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong
| AUTHOR | Bacal, Jessica; Bacal, Jessica |
| PUBLISHER | Penguin Publishing Group (04/29/2014) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Description
High-achieving women share their worst mistakes at work--and how learning from them paved the way to success. Named by Fast Company as a "Top 10 Book You Need to Read This Year" In Mistakes I Made at Work, a Publishers Weekly Top 10 Business Book for Spring 2014, Jessica Bacal interviews twenty-five successful women about their toughest on-the-job moments. These innovators across a variety of fields - from the arts to finance to tech - reveal that they're more thoughtful, purposeful and assertive as leaders because they learned from their mistakes, not because they never made any. Interviewees include:
- Cheryl Strayed, bestselling author of Wild
- Anna Holmes, founding editor of Jezebel.com
- Kim Gordon, founding member of the band Sonic Youth
- Joanna Barsch, Director Emeritus of McKinsey & Company
- Carol Dweck, Stanford psychology professor
- Ruth Ozeki, New York Times bestselling author of Tale for the Time Being
- And many more
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ISBN-13:
9780142180570
ISBN-10:
0142180572
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
288
Carton Quantity:
30
Product Dimensions:
5.30 x 0.60 x 7.90 inches
Weight:
0.45 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
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Table of Contents
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Business & Economics | Careers - General
Business & Economics | Women in Business
Business & Economics | Personal Success
Grade Level:
College Freshman
and up
Dewey Decimal:
650.109
Library of Congress Control Number:
2013045032
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High-achieving women share their worst mistakes at work--and how learning from them paved the way to success. Named by Fast Company as a "Top 10 Book You Need to Read This Year" In Mistakes I Made at Work, a Publishers Weekly Top 10 Business Book for Spring 2014, Jessica Bacal interviews twenty-five successful women about their toughest on-the-job moments. These innovators across a variety of fields - from the arts to finance to tech - reveal that they're more thoughtful, purposeful and assertive as leaders because they learned from their mistakes, not because they never made any. Interviewees include:
- Cheryl Strayed, bestselling author of Wild
- Anna Holmes, founding editor of Jezebel.com
- Kim Gordon, founding member of the band Sonic Youth
- Joanna Barsch, Director Emeritus of McKinsey & Company
- Carol Dweck, Stanford psychology professor
- Ruth Ozeki, New York Times bestselling author of Tale for the Time Being
- And many more
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