Stiletto Network
Inside the Women's Power Circles That Are Changing the Face of Business
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
This informative book highlights the groundbreaking movement of trailblazing women and their professional groups.
During the past few years, professional women's groups have been coalescing in every major American city, collaborating to achieve clout and success--calling themselves “Power Bitches,” “Brazen Hussies,” and “S.L.U.T.S.: Successful Ladies Under Tremendous Stress.” This new girls’ network is alive and set to hyperdrive!
These pages are not only about celebrating these extraordinary women--from captains of industry to aspiring entrepreneurs--who have come together to celebrate, unwind, debate, and compare notes. In Stiletto Network, you’ll learn about:
what happens when these women leave the table,how they mine their collective intelligence to realize their dreams or champion a cause,how they uplift their friends and push them forward,and how they join forces to ensure each woman gets whatever it is she needs to accomplish her goals.
Sharing story after story of extraordinary women banding together to help other extraordinary women, Stiletto Network is both a celebration and a call to action to a better way of doing business.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
For some time, the "old-boy network" has been an acknowledged way for men to get things done in business, and the doors to many men's clubs were long closed to women trying to make it in the working world. Things have changed. Not only are women making strides in business, they are forging their own exclusive support systems, which journalist Ryckman calls "stiletto networks." In this engaging debut, Ryckman goes behind the scenes with some of today's most powerful female movers and shakers, sharing how they are forming all-girl salons, throwing dinners at their homes, and mingling outside board rooms to advance their careers, raise capital, and support each other personally and professionally. Among others, the author profiles notable business veterans like Silicon Valley venture capitalist Heidi Roizen, leadership coach Carol Hyatt, Oxygen Media's Geraldine Layborne, and dynamos like Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Gilt Group founder Susan Lynde. In an upbeat tone and energetic style, we learn how these successful women are coming together in intimate groups, where they embrace fashion, capital structures, and deals. Emboldening, encouraging, and entertaining, this book is essential reading for any woman who wishes to further her career while remaining true to herself.
