Lessons from a Recovering Worker Bee : A Recovering Worker Bee Shares Her Secrets for Success in the Corporate World... and Life!

by Weeks, Dustin Dumas

• ISBN13: 9780977898008
• ISBN10: 0977898008
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-19
• Publisher: Recovering Worker Bee

Summary

Lessons From a Recovering Worker Bee by Dustin Dumas Weeks has 26 lessons taken from Weeks's personal experiences that demonstrate how to achieve success in the corporate environment and...life! Some of the Lessons in the book include: asking for what you want and getting it, maintaining your integrity in professional situations and overcoming obstacles when career decisions are not "fair." Professionals at any stage of their career can benefit from this book. It is easy to read and every working person can relate to it. It should be required reading for anyone working in the corporate environment.Lessons From a Recovering Bee can help professionals achieve that corner office they want and the work-life balance they need. Best of all those worker bees can become "Queen" and "King" bees!

Author Biography

Dustin Weeks is a recovering worker bee who has extensive experience in finance. Her career spans from North America to Europe and from investment banking to corporate finance in both start-ups and fortune 500 companies. She has worked on the Chicago Board of Trade exchange floor, for banks in Germany and Denmark, as well as in Silicon Valley. She is frequently asked to write and lecture on financial topics. Her writings have been used as part of the course materials in the University of San Francisco's Graduate School of Business Program.She hosted a television show, Dustin's Kaleidoscope, where she interviewed a variety of people from artists to traders to entrepreneurs. She participated in an adventure reality show, No Boundaries, which aired in the United States and internationally.She holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and a BS from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Certificate in European Institutions from the WHU Koblenz School of Corporate Management in Germany.She considers herself a recovering worker bee who will someday be a Queen Bee.