Climbing the Corporate Ladder in High Heels

by Kathleen Archambeau

Overview

Favoring neither the "in your face" aggressive tactics of the "break through the glass ceiling" school of thought, nor the "sugar and spice is everything nice" little-girl approach, Climbing the Corporate Ladder in High Heels shows women how to be outstanding successful and personally actualized without becoming just like men. There are 63 million working women in America, but only nine are top company CEOs. While women make up nearly 50 percent of the workforce, working women perform 90 percent of household and childcare duties. Women are left wondering, "Do I have to make a choice between my career or my life?" This book answers that question. You can have it all...just not all at once.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781564148766
Publisher:	Red Wheel/Weiser
Publication date:	04/01/2006
Pages:	223
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

From the Queen of England to the founders of Hewlett-Packard, Kathleen Archambeau has worked both nationally and internationally in the day-to-day grit of corporate sales and marketing with the highest-level executives. She has coached CEOs and presidents from three Fortune 500 companies and trained more than 20,000 professionals, managers, executives, students and politicians in 25 states, in 6 countries, on 3 continents. Her client list includes Genentech, Hewlett-Packard, James River Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, Sybase and Symantec Corporation. She currently teaches marketing and organizational behavior at Holy Names University and the University of San Francisco. An award-winning business writer and editor, Kathleen lives with her beloved in the S.F. Bay Area.

What People are Saying About This

Dr. Janet L. Holmgren

Kathleen Archambeau provides a real-life roadmap for women to forge fulfilling careers without compromising their values-from selecting women-friendly companies, all the way to advancing beyond the glass ceiling. (President, Mills College)

Rose Castillo Guilbault

This book inspires me to stay the course and remember what's most important in life. (Emmy Award-Winning Producer and former Chair (2005), SF Commonwealth Club, Author, Farmworker's Daughter: Growing Up Mexican in America)

Marilyn Atlas

[I] would recommend it to any women working in Corporate America today.(Co-Producer, Real Women Have Curves)

Lisa Friedman

Climbing the Corporate Ladder in High Heels turns feminist and corporate advancement theories upside down. In the real world of work, here is a book that works. At the 'end of the day,' you will be a better professional and better person for having read it. (top 1% producer in the county, Prudential Real Estate)

Peter Liebowitz

Kathleen Archambeau and I have worked together for more than five years. She's a delightful mix of playful creative and results-driven executive. If this book tells women how to be more like her, I'm buying copies for all my colleagues and staff! (President and CEO and Self-Made Millionaire, Liebowitz Associates)

Leslie Blodgett

This book lets women know they don't have to play it by men's rules to succeed in Corporate America. (CEO, Bare Escentuals and MD Formulations, a $200 million company with 24 retail outlets nationwide and #1 most-watched QVC program in 2004)

Nancy Pelosi

Regardless of what kinds of shoes we wear, Kathleen Archambeau's book is an essential tool for American women who want to succeed in business without giving up who they are as women. (Democratic Leader of the U.S. House of Representative)

Larry Brewster

I recommend this book not only for women, but for anyone wanting to get ahead in corporations and in life. (Ph.D., Author, The Public Agenda; Dean, College of Professional Studies, University of San Francisco)

Editorial Reviews

"Finally, a book about women succeeding in business without sacrificing their health or their families." —Cornelia van der Ziel, M.D., OB/GYN, FACOG, Harvard University Medical School Instructor

Reviews

"Finally, a book about women succeeding in business without sacrificing their health or their families." —Cornelia van der Ziel, M.D., OB/GYN, FACOG, Harvard University Medical School Instructor

"I loved the quick read of (this book) and would recommend it to any women working in Corporate America today." —Marilyn Atlas, co-producer of Real Women Have Curves

"Kathleen Archambeau's book is an essential tool for American women who want to succeed in business." —Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives

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