... Behind This Book All the people in this book are real, The episodes they describe, the problems that haunt them, the doubts they disclose, the anger that floods them, are contemporaneous with the 1980s. You could be one of them, although only you will know because the identity of contributors is well disguised. Even so, you might recognize a boss, a co-worker, a subordinate, a relative, a friend, a secretary or a casual acquaintance you met at a networking conference. You will recognize these individuals, of course, only if you are one of today s 43-plus million working women wbo considers herself genuinely ambitious and is determined to avoid as many pitfalls as possible in your struggle to climb the proverbial ladder of success. It doesn t matter what occupation, field or profession you re in, nor does it matter what level you ve reached. My informants cover the gamut of iobs currently held by a cross-section of achlevement-oriented women, yet the stories they relate about daily incidents at work bear striking resemblances to each other, despite the drastically different functions. How I came to be the receptacle for confidential outpourings by thOUsands of career women around the country explains tile origins of this volume. Back in 1977 and 1978 when file early editions of my first book, Games Mother Never Taught You, were printed, the publicists were dismayed to find that their thne-tested outlets for promotion-- book reviews, magazine excerpts national e evision shows--proved curiously insistent that \"their audiences\" wouldn t be receptive to en- couraging women to aim h gh enough in business to compete suc- cessful y with men--on men s terms.
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