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Machiavelli for Women
- Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace
- Narrated by: Stacey Vanek Smith
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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Summary
2022 BUSINESS/PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AUDIE AWARD WINNER!
From the NPR host of The Indicator and correspondent for Planet Money comes an “accessible, funny, clear-eyed, and practical” (Sarah Knight, New York Times bestselling author) guide for how women can apply the principles of 16th-century philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli to their work lives and finally shatter the glass ceiling—perfect for fans of Feminist Fight Club, Lean In, and Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office.
Women have been making strides towards equality for decades, or so we’re often told. They’ve been increasingly entering male-dominated areas of the workforce and consistently surpassing their male peers in grades, university attendance, and degrees. They’ve recently stormed the political arena with a vengeance. But despite all of this, the payoff is—quite literally—not there: the gender pay gap has held steady at about 20% since 2000. And the number of female CEOs for Fortune 500 companies has actually been declining.
So why, in the age of #MeToo and #TimesUp, is the glass ceiling still holding strong? And how can we shatter it for once and for all? Stacy Vanek Smith’s advice: ask Machiavelli “with this delicious look at what we have to gain by examining our relationship to power” (Sally Helgesen, New York Times bestselling author).
Using The Prince as a guide and with charm and wit, Smith applies Renaissance politics to the 21st century, and demonstrates how women can take and maintain power in careers where they have long been cast as second-best. “Machiavelli For Women is the ultimate battle guide for our times. Brimming with hard-boiled strategies, laced with wit, it’s a must-read for every woman ready to wield power unapologetically” (Claire Shipman, coauthor of The Confidence Code).
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- Shelly
- 15-06-22
Every woman needs to read this.
I wish this book was around when I was starting out in the world of work twenty years ago.
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- Irene
- 16-11-21
Surprisingly Good
You wouldn’t expect this from the title but this a gem and great take on a historic book with a modern day take specifically for women ! Absolutely loved it and easy to implement!
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- Anonymous User
- 25-11-21
Amazing! Stacey never disappoints.
This was everything I expected from Stacey Vanek Smith and more. She is a great storyteller. The book is inspiring, but realistic, intelectual but practical, funny but serious. I loved it so much.
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- Diana
- 06-06-22
One should read this book before graduate
If you want to eliminate discrimination at work, this is for you. I definitely will read this again whenever I face conflict with coworkers.
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- 16-07-22
Don’t CIS me!
When anyone, especially a woman writing about discrimination, starts talking about “cis gender” you’ve lost me, and any credibility otherwise accrued.
Nothing is achieved by monstering adult human females for a few woke brownie points.
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