A Joosr Guide to... Strong Woman by Karren Brady: The Truth about Getting to the Top

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Unfortunately, in today's society many women in business still struggle to succeed. Whether you're feeling defeated in a male-dominated environment, or you're a working mother struggling with feelings of guilt as you try to balance work and family life, Karren Brady's advice and experience can help you to get ahead without losing your drive.

Renowned for being the youngest managing director of a PLC for Birmingham City, and for her role on Channel 4's The Apprentice, there is no doubt that Brady is a strong woman-one who has made a great success of her life. If you are looking for tangible solutions to help you get to the top in business, then Brady has the experience and insight to help you do just that.

You will learn:

·How to be a strong woman in business without fear of personal critique

·Why it is important to get comfortable with failure

·How to balance your working life with your family life and still see success.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Joosr
• Release date: Sep 30, 2016
• ISBN: 9781785674785

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What’s it about?

If you are a woman struggling to balance your work and home life, or are simply feeling defeated in a male-dominated working environment, then why not take a leaf out of Karren Brady’s book? Apprentice credentials and other recent triumphs aside, when Brady was 23, she forged herself a career in one of the most male-dominated arenas at a difficult time—football in the early 1990s.

This marked a turning point for women in football, but her personal victory being noted as a victory for feminism was merely coincidental: for Brady, it was and always will be about business. However, she has since made it her mission to inspire more women to be successful in the workplace and gain an equal footing to men. Mothers in particular need more flexibility to enable them to have a family and still be able to bid for the same opportunities. We need to cultivate a future generation of female leaders and encourage a healthier gender balance on executive boards to help bring about that change.

Strong Woman reveals the key strategies that Brady has cultivated over the years to help her defy convention in a man’s