Sally Helgesen - How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion, or Job

A myth-busting how-to for the next generation of women leaders and those who want to see them succeed. These ideas will transform our workplaces, our careers, and our lives.

Rita McGrath, professor at Columbia Business
School and a #1Thinkers50Strategy Thinker

Fast-forward your career with one powerful book from two of the worlds most brilliant coaches. Marshalls famous strategies for behavior change combined with Sallys profound expertise on women will change your life from the first chapter. Start reading this book now!

Carol Evans, founder and president emeritus of Working Mother Media

Women leaders will be driving forces in twenty-first-century organizations. Practically and persuasively, Sally and Marshall map out how this can and must happen.

Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove, founders ofThinkers50 , the worlds leading resource for identifying, ranking, and sharing extraordinary management thinking

Pick up this book. Scan the twelve habits. Circle the top three that make you say, Thats me! Read those chapters, commit to one of the suggestions, and youre on your way. The authors know their material!

Beverly Kaye, founder of Career Systems International and co-author ofLove Em or Lose Em: Getting Good People to Stay

The habits and beliefs in How Women Rise provide a wonderful and positive opportunity for women to be self-aware. Sally and Marshall show women how to make tangible and crisp changes that will help them be even more successful and fulfilled at work and at home.

Aicha Evans, senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Intel Corporation and aFortunemagazine Top Future Women Leader in America

Women who seek to rise, take note! This is your essential go-to guide. Also highly recommended for men who work with, for, or around women.

Liz Smith, CEO of Bloomin Brands, the world leader in casual dining

A gem and a revelation. If you lead women, work with women, are a woman, or know any women, you must read this book. Its sage and sane wisdom points the way to a life of genuine purpose and meaning.

Richard Leider, international bestselling author ofThe Power ofPurpose, Repacking Your Bags,andLife Reimagined

When women approach the top of organizations, they can also bring their own strengths that may unfairly be seen as weaknesses. Sallys expertise and Marshalls wisdom bring these insights to light, so that women and men and can do better together at reaching their goals for us all to move forward. This is a powerful and timely book.

Anthony Marx, president and CEO of the New York Public Library

This is a must-read for women aiming to get to the next level in their careers.

Michelle R. Clayman, founder and chief investment officer at New Amsterdam Partners and advisory council chair of the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University

The best leaders understand that in the shadow of their strengths lurk silent career killers. Sally and Marshall offer a brilliant lens to understand and transcend the habits that hold us back. If you want to lead at the top, How Women Rise is for you.

Liz Wiseman, bestselling author ofMultipliersandRookie Smarts

Whether you are just starting out in your career or a top executive, ample case studies, research, and wisdom make this engaging and actionable read a must-read!

Sanyin Siang, executive director of the Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics at Duke University

Sally and Marshall enable leaders who are women to move from where they are to where they want to be by sharing a blueprint for challenging the status quo and shining a light on leading change.

Frances Hesselbein, winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Americas highest civilian honor

The top 3 reasons why I loved Sally and Marshalls book How Women Rise ? 1) Its incredibly helpful to women, those with female colleagues or direct reports, and the healthy minority of men who are also more self-effacing than aggrandizing. 2) The book is filled with news you can use. It has helped me and my C-level clients and will help you too. 3) The pages turn themselves. As a scientist as well as a coach, I can see the psychological and business sophistication behind the twelve habits. Start practicing today.

Carol Kauffman, assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, and founder/executive director of Harvards Institute of Coaching

Its easy to find oneself in the pages of How Women Rise. Sally and Marshall teach us how to shift out of autopilot, jettison our success-inhibiting habits, and actively steer for the career destination we desire.

Whitney Johnson, critically acclaimed author ofDisrupt Yourself

Compelling, practical, and highly engaging. Women seeking to make a career in law can benefit greatly from reading How Women Rise .

Jami Wintz McKeon, chair of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Sally and Marshalls observations are brilliantinformed by both personal experience and deep scholarship. The behaviors they recommend are pragmatic and achievable; it is a book that will enhance womens effectiveness and ultimately their power.

Anna Fels, MD, author ofNecessary Dreams: Ambition in Womens Changing Lives

Extraordinary real-life stories of women who wait to be asked to the party, get stuck in their comfort zone, seek perfection, and assume their hard work will be recognized. Sally and Marshall show us how to get unstuck and to stand out so women can move forward in more purposeful, powerful, and productive careers. This is a must-read with great actionable advice!

Janice Reals Ellig, CEO of Chadick Ellig and one ofBusiness Weeks Worlds Most Influential Headhunters

Many of the behaviors most prized in women socially are exactly the same behaviors that hold them back professionally. But Sally and Marshall are here to help: identifying how and when to reconcile competing demands and motivators, without losing their identity, professionalism or power.

Margaret Heffernan, entrepreneur, CEO, and author ofWillful Blindness

Sally and Marshall have written a practical and entertaining career guide tailored to help women ascend to senior leadership roles in business, government, and not-for-profits.

Geoff Smart, chairman and founder of ghSMART and bestselling author ofWhoandPower Score

How Women Rise is absolutely the right book at the right time by the ideal authors. Sally and Marshalls experiences and perspectives in leadership development, career success, and professional and personal satisfaction are each world-class in their own right. But taken together, they are magnificently complementary, creating an inspiring and actionable guide that will change the careers and lives of women leaders everywhere.

James M. Citrin, leader of Spencer Stuarts CEO practice and a member of the firms Worldwide Board of Directors

I am broadly distributing How Women Rise to our leaders across Best Buy, to help our women leaders achieve their career goals and mentor their female colleagues, and to help men better work with and support the development of their female colleagues.