Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman What Men Know About Success that Women Need to Learn

by EVANS, GAIL

• ISBN13: 9780767904636
• ISBN10: 076790463X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-11
• Publisher: Crown Currency

Summary

Women make up almost half of today's labor force, but in corporate America they don't share half of the power. Only four of theFortune500 company CEOs are women, and it's only been in the last few years that even half of theFortune500 companies have more than one female officer. A major reason for this? Most women were never taught how to play the game of business. Throughout her career in the supercompetitive, male-dominated media industry, Gail Evans, one of the country's most powerful executives, has met innumerable women who tell her that they feel lost in the workplace, almost as if they were playing a game without knowing the directions. She tells them that's exactly the case: Business is indeed a game, and like any game, there are rules to playing well. For the most part, Gail has discovered, women don't know them. Men know these rules because they wrote them, but women often feel shut out of the process because they don't know when to speak up, when to ask for responsibility, what to say at an interview, and a lot of other key moves that can make or break a career. Now, in her bookPlay Like a Man, Win Like a Woman, Gail Evans reveals the secrets to the playbook of success and teaches women at all levels of the organization--from assistant to vice president--how to play the game of business to their advantage. Sharing with humor and candor her years of lessons from corporate life, Gail Evans gives readers practical tools for making the right decisions at work. Among the rules you will learn are: How to Keep Score at Work When to Take a Risk How to Deal with the Imposter Syndrome Ten Vocabulary Words That Mean Different Things to Men and Women Why Men Can be Ugly, and You Can't When to Quit Your Job Evans is not saying that every woman has to play exactly by men's rules--not at all. Women bring many inherent traits to the workplace that can provide them with a potential advantage over men, such as a woman's ability to form relationships, or her intuition. But women do need to know the basic rules so that they can understand the full consequences of their every action and how it makes an impact on their career. An honest and practical handbook that reveals important insights into relationships between men and women and work,Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman, is a must-read for every woman who wants to leverage her power in the workplace.

Author Biography

An executive vice president at CNN, Gail Evans oversees the network's talk shows (Burden of Proof, CNN & Co, Crossfire, Both Sides with Jesse Jackson, Evans & Novak, Capital Gang, and Talk Back Live), the booking and research department, and recruiting and talent development. Evans's programs have received numerous awards, including a Commendation Award from American Women in Radio and Television; the Breakthrough Award for Women, Men, and Media; and several Emmy nominations. She lives in Atlanta.

Table of Contents

Preface	1	(4)
Introduction	5	(8)
The Object of the Game	13	(4)
Four Ground Rules	17	(18)
You Are Who You Say You Are
One Prize Doesn't Fit All
Work Isn't a Sorority
You're Always a Mother, Daughter, Wife, or Mistress
Preparing to Play	35	(20)
Learn the Playing Field
Check Out the Team Culture
Get Picked for the Team
Wear the Right Uniform
Set the Right Goal
How to Keep Score	55	(6)
Playing the Game: Fourteen Basic Rules for Success	61	(58)
Make a Request
Speak Out
Speak Up
Toot Your Own Horn
Don't Expect to Make Friends
Accept Uncertainty
Take a Risk
Be an Imposter
Think Small
Don't Anguish
Follow the Team Leader
Don't Assume Responsibility Without Authority
Sit at the Table
Laugh
Six Things Men Can Do At Work that Women Can't	119	(16)
They Can Cry. You Can't
They Can Have Sex. You Can't
They Can Fidget. You Can't
They Can Yell. You Can't
They Can Have Bad Manners. You Can't
They Can Be Ugly. You Can't
He Hears, She Hears: Ten Genderbender Vocabulary Words	135	(22)
Yes (Exactly What It Means)
No (Not What It Means)
Hope (The Worst Word in the Game)
Guilt (It Means Trouble)
Sorry (It's a Sorry Word)
Aggressive (It's Not Assertive)
Fight (It's Not a Pretty Word)
Game (a.k.a.: Fun)
Glass Ceiling (Their Phrase, Not Ours)
Future (Then and Now)
How to Enter and Exit The Game	157	(16)
The Two Final Rules	173	(14)
Be a Woman
Be Yourself
Acknowledgments	187