You Negotiate Like a Girl
Reflections on a Career in the National Football League
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4.5 • 28 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The Princess of Darkness. Former NFL team executive Amy Trask has held many titles during her career – including chief executive, analyst, and author – but this nickname is what she is first and foremost known by to Raiders fans. Trask joined the Raiders as an intern during law school after the team moved from Oakland to Los Angeles – the position the result of a cold call she made to the team. From there, she worked her way up through the ranks of the organization, to the post she would eventually hold as chief executive. Along the way, Trask worked extremely closely with the late Al Davis, a man who treated her and others on his team without regard to gender, race, and age. Trask may have been the highest-ranking female executive in the NFL during her tenure with the Raiders, but in You Negotiate Like a Girl: Reflections on a Career in the National Football League, she shares how she found success by operating without regard to gender. Replete with insider tales about being part of the Raiders' front office, behind the closed doors of NFL owners meetings, and Davis himself, Trask's book is a must-read not only for football fans, but anyone who wants to succeed in business.
Customer Reviews
EXCELLENT
While Amy Trask has been a woman I've aspired to be for well over a decade, this book would also make 1) a football fan smile 2) a Raider's fan grin 3) a business-minded person gain perspective 4) those who believe they are a 'team-players' question if they really are
Great read!!
Mattman080
Great book! Easy to read, well written. This woman deserves a medal for persevering through such a difficult environment. In my opinion, she may have actually saved the Raiders!
A True Raider
This book is for Raiders fans, women in the work force, football players, sports fans of all ages and hardcore NFL fans. I only say hardcore NFL fans because I don't want someone shelling out money for a book unless their interest is deep. Your loss to those who don't read this GEM.
Amy has always been a behind the scenes hero of mine. She is a leader and innovator of all "good" things Raiders. For a woman to get power from old school thinker Al Davis is a feat in itself. Al knew he had someone special and used Amy to his, the Raiders and her advantage. The Raiders were always a better run team with Amy and when she left it broke my heart. Read this book. Most likely you will read it twice like I did. Eventually it will be 3 times...