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Hardball for Women: Rev. Ed. (Paperback)
by Pat Heim , Susan K. Golant
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Women & business, Career success for women, Career women |
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An absolute must read for women who want to compete and succeed in the current business world.
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Author: Pat Heim , Susan K. Golant
Publisher: Plume; Revised edition
Pub. in: January, 2005
ISBN: 0452286417
Pages: 352
Measurements: 7.9 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA01332
Other information: ISBN-13: 978-0452286412
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As women we view the world through what our childhood games and expectations have taught us. Pat Heim does a great job of opening our eyes to how the "boys" view the world. Since men have shaped the business world like their childhood games, it makes a lot of sense that women have to be aware of the unwritten rules. One of the most important eye-openers to me had to do with hierarchy and winning in contrast with "let's-all-get-along" and consensus. No wonder women get mired at the middle management level, and as managers are viewed as mother figures or babysitters. Any woman who wants to penetrate the higher echelons of management needs to understand the dynamics portrayed in this book.
(From quoting an American reader)
Target readers:
All working/business women.
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Pat Heim, Ph.D., is an internationally known speaker and consultant. Her Los Angeles firm, Heim & Associates, has been providing services in the areas of leadership, communication, team building, and gender differences to hundreds of organizations, including AT&T, the Los Angeles Times, General Motors, the American Medical Association, and Price Waterhouse. She has a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Colorado.
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In Hardball for Women, Pat Heim shows women how to break patterns of behavior that have put them at a disadvantage in the business world of men. Whether the arena is a law firm, a medical group, a corporation, or any other work environment, Hardball for Women decodes the male business culture and gives readers strategies on how to use its rules to get ahead-and stay ahead. Readers will learn to:
• Be assertive without being obnoxious
• Display confidence
• Engage in smart self-promotion
• Lead both men and women-and recognize the differences between them
• Use “power talk” language to your advantage
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Publishers Weekly (MSL quote), USA
<2008-04-16 00:00>
In this constructive, no-nonsense guide, business consultant Heim addresses women executives who, despite technical proficiency, hard work and managerial skills equal or superior to those of their male co-workers, have been passed over for promotions. With Golant ( No More Hysterectomies ), she stresses the need for women to study the sports-modeled, competitive culture of men, focused on money and status, and to learn to work according to its rules without betraying their "inner selves." Using sports jargon and examples, she advises such techniques as attacking a problem--not the person responsible--adhering to team goals and accepting criticism from a "coach." She also offers valuable tips on positive body language (no tears), dressing and more, and reminds women that "in a man's world--as in sports--winning is all that matters."
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. |
Library Journal (MSL quote), USA
<2008-04-16 00:00>
The game of business (and here you can substitute any profession) is hardball, played according to the rules of the male culture. Heim acts as an interpreter, explaining the different behaviors and mind-sets boys and girls learn and carry into their lives as adult men and women. For example, boys learn to compete; girls learn to get along. Each chapter begins with a summary of the hardball lessons boys learn and the house-and-doll lessons girls learn and concludes with key pointers for playing hardball successfully. Concepts are illustrated with compelling real-life examples. This landmark work will likely become essential reading for professional women everywhere. At the same time, it offers men considerable insight into the strengths and contributions of the female culture. Highly recommended.
- Nancy Myers, Univ. of South Dakota Lib., Vermillion
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. |
Rachel Hancock (MSL quote), USA
<2008-04-16 00:00>
This book was recommended to me during my first year of MBA school when I was trying to understand the men I was forced to work with and their seemingly impossible behavior. It unravels the game of office politics and sets forth an achievable and sensible set of behaviors to guide all working women on the path to success. Now after having acheived my second promotion in two years post-MBA working in a male-dominated industry, I credit much of my success to playing by the rules of the game of business as set forth in this book (being an avid golfer doesn't hurt, either!) The rules are designed by men and based on the rules of their childhood games, rather than ours. Neither way is better, it's just different, and in order to survive in the business world and be successful it is imperative that women understand the rules of the game in order to be effective players. Your mother doesn't teach you these rules, neither do MBA professors nor your male colleagues. You must get this valuable information from somewhere, and this book is an excellent resource. This book is my work "bible" and I find myself referring to it often depending upon the particular work challenge I'm facing at the time. Kudos to Pat Heim. No working woman who aspires to be successful in business should be without this valuable and insightful guidebook to a man's world. |
Naree W.S. Viner (MSL quote), USA
<2008-04-16 00:00>
The most important point I took away from this book is the notion that in developing your own "management persona," you need to take into account several factors, among them the rules of the game being played currently in your office; the way you tend to want to relate to the people you work with, for, and who work for you; how to adapt your work style for different situations at hand; and eventually, how to change the game once you're in a position to do so. Pat Heim's assertion that understanding and living by (often male-dominated) work culture is like traveling in a foreign country (you have to go by that culture's rules and manners) doesn't imply that women have to be men. Rather, by understanding certain "traditions," the wise person will have a better time moving around getting along in that culture and perhaps transforming it once she's become familiar enough with and accepted within it. Highly recommended for any woman who wants to move up the ladder. |
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