Count Me In: A trailblazer's triumph in a world not built for her

by Susan Allen

Overview

One woman's story of career, leadership, and family

Discover what is holding you back from the career you were meant to have, the promotion you didn't receive, and the risk you were afraid to accept.

Count Me In is the memoir of the trailblazer, Susan Allen-a global leader and one of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women. She shares her deeply personal and professional leadership journey (including all her wrong turns), answering the question she's heard the most from young women:

"How did you do it?"

If you feel stuck in the talent pipeline at your company, suffer from imposter syndrome or perfectionism, or wish to achieve better work-life balance, Count Me In is for you.

Susan's journey to the top gives professional women the opportunity to learn strategies to:

• ask for a promotion and accept you have earned it,
• avoid risk averse behaviours that limit your growth and potential,
• acknowledge and kick mom guilt to the curb, and
• overcome life's inevitable setbacks. 

All proceeds from the sale of this book is being donated to support pediatric cardiology needs in Toronto and a scholarship for young women in STEM programs.

For more information, visit my website at www.countmein.info. If you sign up for my newsletter, you will receive the first three chapters of my book for free!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781778297311
Publisher:	Susan Lynn Allen
Publication date:	09/06/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	386
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Named one of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women and winner of Catalyst Canada's Business Leader award, Susan Allen, FCPA, CPA, is a dedicated champion and inspiring trailblazer for women in business. Susan laid the foundation for improved hiring, retention and promotion of women at PwC Canada while championing its diversity and inclusion efforts. In 1994, Susan was the only women promoted to partner at PwC Canada. Ten years later, she was the first woman elected to PwC's Global Board. She continues to serve on four corporate boards in her retirement. Susan lives with her husband and her rescue dog Corabelle, in Mississauga, Ontario and spends her winters in Scottsdale, Arizona. She is the proud mother of two and is happiest spending time with her three grandchildren.

Table of Contents

Prologue

Part I: The Influencers

• The Early Years
• For the Love of Dance (and Learning to Fail)
• Hard Work: Does it Always Pay Off?

Part II: Setting a Course

• Working to Live or Living to Work?
• Trauma, Growth, and Renewal
• Survive to Thrive
• The Decision to Stay

Part III: Motherhood: Learning to Troubleshoot

• Everything Changes
• Managing the Impossible

Part IV: Learning to Expect the Unexpected

• Saying 'Yes' to Stretch
• How Priorities are Set (What Matters Most)
• Bring Him Home

Part V: Taking a Risk or Staying Comfortable

• Daring to Say it Out Loud
• Accepting the Challenge

Part VI: The Transformation

• Do you know the way to ... Silicon Valley?
• My Rise and the Tech Collapse
• Canadian, eh?

Part VII: Blazing a Trail to Pay it Forward

• Putting Your Hand Up - Be All In!
• Risk and the Matter of Perspectives
• Making a Difference: Retaining more Women in the Workplace
• Making a Difference: Promoting more Women in the Workplace
• Men: The Final Piece of the Puzzle

Part VIII: Completeness

• Global Enrichment
• Reflections of Life in the Present Lane

Afterword