Product Description

For three decades businesswomen have been told that the key to advancing is to "play like a man." Candy Deemer and Nancy Fredericks, corporate consultants and authors of Dancing on the Glass Ceiling say that it's playing like a woman that will get a woman to where she wants to be, relying on her inherent, feminine-based strengths to distinguish themselves as leaders: exceptional communication skills, team-and-relationship building, intuition, and a supportive mindset that nurtures both their companies and their employees. The real-life stories, research, insights, techniques, and advice in this book illustrate the potency of those feminine-based skill sets. Written in a friendly, workshop-like tone, Dancing on the Glass Ceiling combines conceptual wisdom with accessible, practical guidance for all professional women for the present and ever-changing business world.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1366409 in Books
• Published on: 2004-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

From the Back Cover
"A wonderful, insightful book to guide women to the top of the pyramid and to their fullest potential as leaders and women in the fullest sense of both terms."

Mark Bryan, author of The Artists' Way at Work

For as long as women have been in business, we have struggled within a world dominated by the subconscious belief that women are somehow "less than" men. Instead of daring to stand out, we've shaved off little pieces of ourselves to fit into the accepted, masculine-driven pattern of business. Dancing on the Glass Ceiling teaches women how to utilize the power and effectiveness of playing like a woman. After all, mimicking the macho leadership styles of successful businessmen is not what launched female powerhouses such as Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, eBay CEO Meg Whitman, and Kimberly Clark Executive Vice President Kathi Seifert into upper management.

In Dancing on the Glass Ceiling, authors Nancy Fredericks and Candy Deemer teach you how to:

-Identify your inherent winning skills and utilize them to climb your way to the top
-Recognize the internal behaviors and attitudes that sabotage your natural work style and learn to transport them into supporters of your success
-Gain confidence to develop and implement your ideas and achieve your true goals
-Make yourself promotable, respectable, and powerful through self-tests, introspection, and advice from women who've done it

About the Author
Nancy Fredericks spent over 20 years managing Operations and Human Resource functions in a variety of large law and CPA firms in L.A., eventually reaching a Director position in a Big Five accounting firm. She is the founder and president of Nancy Fredericks International, a 12-year corporate consulting firm specializing in improving business results by shifting people and processes. Candy Deemer has 20 years' experience in the advertising industry. She devoted the last 17 years to DDB Worldwide Communications in L.A., where she rose through the ranks as a "trailblazers" - the first woman in to hold a position in each management position. Candy has managed major accounts in the health care, airline, finance, fashion, fragrance, packaged goods, and fast food industries. She has extensive experience and connections in new product marketing.