Book

Mistakes I made at work : 25 influential women reflect on what they got out of getting it wrong / edited by Jessica Bacal.

New York, New York : Plume, 2014.

xv, 252 pages ; 21 cm

Bacal interviewed successful women about their toughest on-the-job moments. These innovators across a variety of fields reveal that they're more thoughtful, purposeful and assertive as leaders because they learned from their mistakes, not because they never made any.

Women -- Vocational guidance.

Career development.

Errors.

Experience.

Work -- Psychological aspects.

Bacal, Jessica, editor of compilation.

25 influential women reflect on what they got out of getting it wrong

Part I. Learning to take charge of your own narrative. Laurel Touby ; Rachel Simmons ; Corinna Lathan ; Lani Guinier ; Ileana Jiménez ; Lisa Lutz ; Kim Gordon ; Reshma Saujani ; Cheryl Strayed -- Part II. Learning to ask. Danielle Ofri ; Joanna Barsh ; Alina Tugend ; Selena Rezvani ; Carla Harris -- Part III. Learning to say no. Anna Holmes ; Luma Mufleh ; Ruth Reichl ; Sharon Pomerantz -- Part IV. Learning resilience. Judith Warner ; Rinku Sen ; Shirley Malcom ; Ruth Ozeki ; Courtney E. Martin ; J. Courtney Sullivan ; Carol S. Dweck.

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