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downthebookjar's review against another edition
5.0
I want to be her best friend. This book was phenomenal and has been such a tremendous help.
mandaacee's review against another edition
2.0
This book is practical, but all I really needed was the key takeaways at the end of each chapter. It’s also pretty dated - if you’re in the tech industry, the stories and examples won’t help you as much as some other books on the market (more on this below).
The writing is pretty bland, and the author talks about herself so much. Like holy moly, so much. I asked myself several times if I’d feel the same way if a man wrote this book, and every time my answer was yes. There’s a ton of company and name-dropping, to the point where it felt completely unnecessary, and for a page I chose at random, she used the word “I” 26 times! “I led a team of 10 as a 30 year old at one of the most admired companies in the world!” “I had 3 offers to join a company as a COO while I wrote this book!” Oh my God, can you stop? We get it.
I compared the style of this book to one like Dare to Lead by to Brene Brown, whose style is straight-forward, no BS, and research-oriented. Brene will sometimes use her own experiences as an example, but most of the time, she’s focused on YOU as a reader and bringing up emotions you may have. I didn’t get that vibe from this book. The author tried, but it was way too much about her own stories that it was hard to relate to as a reader. She directly calls out “Lean In” by Sheryl Sandberg and her language is pretty rude.
Overall, wouldn’t recommend reading this book. It was a struggle to get past the first 50 pages. You should look up the summary for each chapter online and just use those tips.
The writing is pretty bland, and the author talks about herself so much. Like holy moly, so much. I asked myself several times if I’d feel the same way if a man wrote this book, and every time my answer was yes. There’s a ton of company and name-dropping, to the point where it felt completely unnecessary, and for a page I chose at random, she used the word “I” 26 times! “I led a team of 10 as a 30 year old at one of the most admired companies in the world!” “I had 3 offers to join a company as a COO while I wrote this book!” Oh my God, can you stop? We get it.
I compared the style of this book to one like Dare to Lead by to Brene Brown, whose style is straight-forward, no BS, and research-oriented. Brene will sometimes use her own experiences as an example, but most of the time, she’s focused on YOU as a reader and bringing up emotions you may have. I didn’t get that vibe from this book. The author tried, but it was way too much about her own stories that it was hard to relate to as a reader. She directly calls out “Lean In” by Sheryl Sandberg and her language is pretty rude.
Overall, wouldn’t recommend reading this book. It was a struggle to get past the first 50 pages. You should look up the summary for each chapter online and just use those tips.
jennybrycebooks's review against another edition
4.0
As a young professional about to enter into my full-time career, I really appreciated the insights in this book. I've taken a lot of business classes over the past few years, but it was nice to have an inside perspective from someone who has been successful in her career and learned some lessons along the way. A lot of personal anecdotes, but they were honestly extremely helpful!
ariam's review against another edition
reflective
3.0
This book is entirley based on the principle of “if one woman moves up the societal/buisness ladder, then that helps all women as a whole” which I agree with to an extent. But it does paint women as a monolith so besides the practical advice, it is a little shallow. That being said, the advice you should to retain from this is summed up in the bullet point summaries at the end & the anecdotes.
hollish's review against another edition
5.0
I think I bought this audiobook after a Twitter recommendation, but I really loved it.
Fran's balance of theory and practical application of how to be a nice person in the workplace and be successful really resonated with me. I know that I will put a lot of this to use in my everyday life.
It's directed toward "Nice Girls", but I would recommend the book to all Nice People. Even/especially the sections that deal with sexism in the workplace - because if you don't stand up to that, you aren't really a nice person, ya know?
Fran's balance of theory and practical application of how to be a nice person in the workplace and be successful really resonated with me. I know that I will put a lot of this to use in my everyday life.
It's directed toward "Nice Girls", but I would recommend the book to all Nice People. Even/especially the sections that deal with sexism in the workplace - because if you don't stand up to that, you aren't really a nice person, ya know?
thewellbitch's review against another edition
5.0
I really enjoyed this book! It has a lot of practical advice for women in any career. How to negotiate, how to say no, how to make the most of your time, etc. I am going to get the book version as it's quicker to reference than an audiobook.