This audiobook, by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and WALL STREET JOURNAL editor, is a well-organized blend of her hard-earned knowledge of workplace sexism and the success stories of 52 high-profile female executives. Narrator Kirsten Potter doesn’t sound as engaged with this material as she has in other audios on similar subjects. But her business-casual speaking style works well for the material, and she gets the phrasing right, even when challenged by convoluted sentences or themes that require careful exposition. Emphasizing that women need to take the initiative in hostile or exclusionary work cultures, the author weaves together the trailblazing executives’ stories with a discussion of the growth of women’s empowerment as it has played out over the past four decades. This sum total is equal parts history and inspiration, written with the impact you’d expect from a newspaper pro. T.W. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine
Earning It: Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing Women at the Top of the Business World
Narrated by Kirsten Potter
Joann S. LublinUnabridged — 8 hours, 16 minutes
Earning It: Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing Women at the Top of the Business World
Narrated by Kirsten Potter
Joann S. LublinUnabridged — 8 hours, 16 minutes
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Overview
More than fifty trailblazing executive women who broke the corporate glass ceiling offer inspiring and surprising insights and lessons in this essential, in-the-trenches career guide from Joann S. Lublin, a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and management news editor for*The Wall Street Journal.
Among the first female reporters at*The Wall Street Journal,*Joann S. Lublin faced a number of uphill battles in her career. She became deputy bureau chief of the*Journal's important London bureau, its first run by women. Now, she and dozens of other women who successfully navigated the corporate battlefield share their valuable leadership lessons.
Lublin combines her fascinating story with insightful tales from more than fifty women who reached the highest rungs of the corporate ladder-most of whom became chief executives of public companies -in industries as diverse as retailing, manufacturing, finance, high technology, publishing, advertising, automobiles, and pharmaceuticals. Leaders like Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, as well as Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, and Brenda Barnes, former CEO of Sara Lee, were the first women to run their huge employers. Earning It reveals obstacles such women faced as they fought to make their mark, choices they made, and battles they won-and lost.
Lublin chronicles the major milestones and dilemmas of the work world unique to women, providing candid advice and practical inspiration for women of all ages and at every stage of their careers. The extraordinary women we meet in*Earning It*and the hard-won lessons they share provide a compelling career compass that will help all women reach their highest potential without losing a meaningful personal life.
Editorial Reviews
06/27/2016
As the Wall Street Journal’s management news editor, Lublin has been in the trenches of a male-dominated business world; here she conducts 52 entertaining, if familiar, interviews with successful women about their own experiences in this biased environment. Lublin was the first female summer intern for the Journal’s Washington, D.C., bureau and was in for a rude awakening when her boss walked her out on her last day—and kissed her on the lips. Other indignities followed: for instance, when covering events at private business clubs that barred women, she was forced to use a special door in the back of the building. The women interviewed here, many of whom report similar obstacles, come across as trailblazers who have showed great courage in the face of great odds. Their stories cover pushing for top roles, being in the right place at the right time, handling sexual harassment, righting pay disparity, taking risks, managing men, and deputizing male champions. There are few revelations, but readers looking for stories from women who have succeeded in spite of sexism will find a plethora here. Agent: Karen Gantz, Karen Gantz Zahler Literary Management. (Oct.)
Lublin and the women she spoke to are insightful about their good choices and frank about their mistakes, which makes this essential reading for anyone who has a job, with illuminating stories and practical advice on every page. — Nell Minow, Vice Chair, ValueEdge Advisors
Lublin provides important insights from more than 50 successful women executives, providing practical advise for future executives. I will make sure all three of my daughters read it. — Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr., professor, Northwestern Kellogg School of Management; former chair and CEO, Baxter International; and best-selling author, From Values To Action and Becoming the Best
Every woman can rise. Reflect on down to earth advice from those who have blazed the trail. — Ram Charan, coauthor of the bestselling book Execution the Discipline of Getting Things Done, and author of The Attackers Advantage
Deeply personal stories of top female CEOs and advice make Earning It a must read for women at all stages-and for men who want to help women succeed. Lengthy and loud applause for Lublin and these CEOs for sharing so much to help others. — Dr. Dee Soder, Founder,CEO Perspective Group
In breadth and depth, nothing can match Joann’s work on what it takes for women to climb to corporate heights in America. Her learnings from these 52 remarkable leaders are stories of defiance, resilience and courage. Joann’s own life experiences enrich these stories. Very inspiring for all! — Fred Hassan: Managing Director, Warburg Pincus. Former Chairman and CEO, Schering-Plough Corp., (2003-2009), Former Chairman and CEO, Pharmacia (2000-2003), Former CEO, Pharmacia and Upjohn (1997-2000)
The women interviewed here, many of whom report similar obstacles, come across as trailblazers who have showed great courage in the face of great odds…. readers looking for stories from women who have succeeded in spite of sexism will find a plethora here. — Publishers Weekly
Funny and informative for any aspiring executive — Fortune
Taken one chapter at a time, this is a very engaging work of journalism, rich with anecdotes that will enjoy many repeat appearances on the lecture circuit. In its totality, though, the book is something bigger. It’s a work of history, reminding us how far we’ve come in the past 40 years, and how much more work is left to be done. — Forbes
Like being at the ultimate career conference. — Cosmopolitan
Prepare to be inspired—and impressed. — Working Mother
[Earning It] offers fresh insights into women in the workforce — Booklist
Lessons are to be learned, but Lublin, a first-rate writer, makes the stories of this “unique elite” a pleasure to read. — Success
“What makes this book different is the many personal stories about work challenges that she has uncovered from senior women. It is helpful to hear that you are not alone in struggling and that problems may be blips rather than catastrophes.” — Financial Times
Lublin and the women she spoke to are insightful about their good choices and frank about their mistakes, which makes this essential reading for anyone who has a job, with illuminating stories and practical advice on every page.
Like being at the ultimate career conference.
Lublin provides important insights from more than 50 successful women executives, providing practical advise for future executives. I will make sure all three of my daughters read it.
Funny and informative for any aspiring executive
Prepare to be inspired—and impressed.
Taken one chapter at a time, this is a very engaging work of journalism, rich with anecdotes that will enjoy many repeat appearances on the lecture circuit. In its totality, though, the book is something bigger. It’s a work of history, reminding us how far we’ve come in the past 40 years, and how much more work is left to be done.
Every woman can rise. Reflect on down to earth advice from those who have blazed the trail.
In breadth and depth, nothing can match Joann’s work on what it takes for women to climb to corporate heights in America. Her learnings from these 52 remarkable leaders are stories of defiance, resilience and courage. Joann’s own life experiences enrich these stories. Very inspiring for all!
Deeply personal stories of top female CEOs and advice make Earning It a must read for women at all stages-and for men who want to help women succeed. Lengthy and loud applause for Lublin and these CEOs for sharing so much to help others.
[Earning It] offers fresh insights into women in the workforce
Lessons are to be learned, but Lublin, a first-rate writer, makes the stories of this “unique elite” a pleasure to read.
What makes this book different is the many personal stories about work challenges that she has uncovered from senior women. It is helpful to hear that you are not alone in struggling and that problems may be blips rather than catastrophes.
[Earning It] offers fresh insights into women in the workforce
What makes this book different is the many personal stories about work challenges that she has uncovered from senior women. It is helpful to hear that you are not alone in struggling and that problems may be blips rather than catastrophes.
Prepare to be inspired—and impressed.
Like being at the ultimate career conference.
In breadth and depth, nothing can match Joann’s work on what it takes for women to climb to corporate heights in America. Her learnings from these 52 remarkable leaders are stories of defiance, resilience and courage. Joann’s own life experiences enrich these stories. Very inspiring for all!
09/01/2016
Women are still vastly underrepresented in the senior executives' C-suite, but there are more of them now than there used to be. Here, Wall Street Journal journalist and editor Lublin interviews 52 female executives, including 34 current or former public company CEOs—for example, Mary Barra (General Motors), Carly Fiorina (Hewlett-Packard), Meg Whitman (Hewlett-Packard), and Irene Rosenfeld (Mondelez International). Throughout, the author includes her own experiences as well. Organized along tried-and-true themes, including starting out, pay inequity, parenthood, coordinating spousal careers, mentoring, managerial skills, and boardroom bias, chapters are written in an easy-to-read conversational style, each primarily focusing on key moments in relevant participants' careers and ending with a brief section summing up lessons learned. A complete list of the interviewees is included, as well as chapter endnotes with cited references, and a brief bibliography. These women all got to the top using their brains, guts, and creativity; this is an easy and informative way to learn from their successes (and occasional mistakes). VERDICT Recommended for public libraries and business and women's studies collections.—Susan Hurst, Miami Univ. Libs., Oxford, OH
This audiobook, by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and WALL STREET JOURNAL editor, is a well-organized blend of her hard-earned knowledge of workplace sexism and the success stories of 52 high-profile female executives. Narrator Kirsten Potter doesn’t sound as engaged with this material as she has in other audios on similar subjects. But her business-casual speaking style works well for the material, and she gets the phrasing right, even when challenged by convoluted sentences or themes that require careful exposition. Emphasizing that women need to take the initiative in hostile or exclusionary work cultures, the author weaves together the trailblazing executives’ stories with a discussion of the growth of women’s empowerment as it has played out over the past four decades. This sum total is equal parts history and inspiration, written with the impact you’d expect from a newspaper pro. T.W. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940170065745 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Publication date: | 10/18/2016 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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