Climbing the Corporate Ladder in High Heels

by Kathleen Archambeau

Book Overview

Favoring neither the "in your face" aggressive tactics of the "break through the glass ceiling" school of thought, nor the "sugar and spice is everything nice" little-girl approach, Climbing the Corporate Ladder in High Heels shows women how to be outstanding successful and personally actualized without becoming just like men. There are 63 million working women in America, but only nine are top company CEOs. While women make up nearly 50 percent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564148769
• ISBN13: 9781564148766
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Career Press
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Every women should have a copy of this book.

This book gave me a lot of inspiration. Not only in my career,but in my day to day life. I gained the power to balance both career and personal life. I searched for at least a year for a book to guide me,and finally I have found it. Just like we all have the little black dress, we all should have a copy of this book. It's life enriching, it empowers you. I have given it as gifts, and my friends have called and thanked me 10 times over. It's a great gift for a good friend, or collegue. Thanks Kathleen for writing this book.

Every woman should read this book.

I only wish Archambeau had finished this book sooner. I needed it when I wore pants, smoked cigars, crossed my leg ankle on knee, swore, and told jokes because I wanted to succeed in the "good ol' boys'" world. I needed it when all the guys left to go have a beer and I stayed late to finish the project. I needed it when I was afraid to ask my boss for the raise I deserved. I still need it even though I left the corporate world ten years ago. Today I teach seventh graders to love reading and writing, and much of what is in this book is still applicable -- in the classroom, in the principal's office, in school board meetings, in our community association, in every area of my life. The exercises are invaluable in keeping me balanced and helping me remember who I am.

Men be afraid: High Heels are shattering the glass ceiling

Not just another self help book, Archambeau teaches every woman how to get where she wants to be in the corporate world. Climbing the Corporate Ladder in High Heels tells every woman exactly what she is doing wrong, where she needs to improve, and gives exercises on how to do it. This page turner was not only informative but entertaining. I couldn't put it down! Archambeau proves that one doesn't have to sacrifice femininity to play with the big boys. We can get them right where we want them, under our high heels!

The Girl Scout Handbook for Grown Up Girls

More than a self-help book, Climbing the Corporate Ladder in High Heels is the handbook I wished I'd had during my corporate days in high tech. I'd have avoided layoff and climbed further up the ladder than I did. The book offers stories of how other women hit obtacles and steered around, over or made use of them. The exercises at each chapter's end are really self-management techniques or actions that are easy to do and make sense. No deep personal processing is required. I'm buying copies for my nieces in hopes they're better managers of their careers than I have been of mine.

Finally, something more than rah-rah!

I started reading this book with some concerns about being hit with the same old rah-rah-you-can-do-it-woman! text, reminding us how great we are and how we can have it all...but forgetting to mention how we can achieve it. In Archambeau's book, I found a thought-provoking, often funny, and always interesting guide for women who want it all...or even part of it...without suffering the guilt (or even the dread) we're too often expected to carry on our backs. Archambeau reminds again and again that "success" is not a dirty word and that the balancing act doesn't always have to topple us over. The recurring message in this book was not simply You can do it! but...Here's how!