Minority women who have made it to the top offer tips and advice to others who wonder what it takes to succeed in careers in both the for-profit and nonprofit worlds.
To gain the invaluable insights in Advice from the Top: What Minority Women Say about Their Career Success, Valencia Campbell reviewed research on career success, then interviewed 14 extraordinary minority women, each of whom shared stories about the path(s) to the top of her field. But this book goes beyond the usual superficial profiles of women achievers. Rather, it shares their views on what constitutes success, the factors they consider important to their success, and the obstacles they encountered and overcame.
The book also provides concrete action steps designed to help readers vault the hurdles encountered by the women profiled, and to do so with aplomb. And it offers insider advice on how to overcome bias to reach goals. Perhaps most important, Advice from the Top will inspire minority women who want to advance their careers, leaving a lasting legacy for all those who care about improving the status of women in our society.
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Table of contents
- COVER
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CHAPTER 1: WOMEN’S DEFINITIONS OF CAREER SUCCESS
- CHAPTER 2: VIEWS ON CAREER SUCCESS
- CHAPTER 3: SUCCESSFUL WOMEN TELL THEIR STORIES
- CHAPTER 4: FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR CAREER SUCCESS
- CHAPTER 5: OBSTACLES TO MINORITY WOMEN’S CAREER SUCCESS AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT THEM
- CHAPTER 6: LOOKING AHEAD: SOME CAREER FIELDS THAT NEED MORE MINORITY WOMEN
- APPENDIX A: METHODOLOGY
- APPENDIX B: ABBREVIATED BIOGRAPHIES OF SUCCESSFUL WOMEN
- APPENDIX C: INTERVIEW SCHEDULE
- APPENDIX D: MINORITY REPRESENTATION IN THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE (SES)
- APPENDIX E: DESCRIPTIONS OF THE HIGHEST-PAID OCCUPATIONS (FROM THE OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK HANDBOOK, 2008–2009)
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
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