Knowing Your Value Women, Money and Getting What You're Worth

by Brzezinski, Mika

• ISBN13: 9781602861343
• ISBN10: 160286134X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-04-26
• Publisher: Hachette Books

Summary

It's no secret that women have long been overlooked and under-compensated, and while great strides have made in recent decades, the value placed on women versus their male counterparts is still consistently unbalanced. In Knowing Your Value, bestselling author Mika Brzezinski takes an in-depth look at how women today achieve their deserved recognition and financial worth. Prompted by her own experience as co-host of Morning Joe, Mika interviews a number of prominent women across a wide range of industries on their experience moving up in their fields. Mika reveals how these women, including such impresarios as White House star Valerie Jarrett, comedian Susie Essman, writer and director Nora Ephron, Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, and broadcaster Joy Behar, navigated the inevitable roadblocks that are unique to women. Mika also uncovers what men think about the approach women take in the workplace, getting honest answers from Donnie Deutsch, Jack Welch, Donald Trump, and others about why women are paid less, and what pitfalls women face--and play into--as they try to get their worth at work. Knowing Your Valueblends these personal stories and opinions with the latest research and polling on issues such as equal pay, women in the boardroom, and access to start-up capital. Written in Mika's brutally honest, funny, and self-deprecating style, Knowing Your Value is a vital book for professional women of all ages.

Author Biography

Mika Brzezinski is a co-host of Morning Joe, an MSNBC anchor, author of the New York Times bestsellers All Things at Once, Knowing Your Value, and Obsessed. and founder of the women's empowerment community, "Know Your Value". She also served as a visiting fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics. She is the mother of two daughters.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Success and Failure, All at Once	p. 1
My Story: How It Begins	p. 11
Get Out of Your Way: Women as Their Own Worst Enemies	p. 31
What's a Woman Worth? The Gender Wage Gap and the Perception of Value	p. 51
Acceptable Behavior: A Cautionary Tale about Women Acting Like Men in the Workplace	p. 73
What Men Know: We Can't Act Like Them, but We Can Learn from Them	p. 95
At the Bargaining Table: Table Manners and Tactical Maneuvers	p. 115
Allies and Enemies: A New Appreciation of Men in the Workplace, and a Warning About Women	p. 139
Motherhood: The Game Changer	p. 157
Conclusion: My Story: How It Ends-for Now	p. 179
Index	p. 187
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