Career GPS: Strategies for Women Navigating the New Corporate Landscape »

Ella L. J. Edmondson Bell, Ph.D. is an associate professor of business administration at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth University, and she is the coauthor of the groundbreaking and critically acclaimed Our Separate Ways: Black and White Women and the Struggle for Professional Identity. She has written for Essence magazine, including the monthly "Working Smart" column. Dr. Bell has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Newsweek, Working Mother, and Fast Company, among many other publications. She splits her time between Hanover, New Hampshire, and Charlotte, North Carolina.

The workplace is constantly in flux, and even now there are new opportunities open to women. But to take advantage of these possibilities, it's essential to know the current rules for corporate success. This isn't your father's or your mother's workplace anymore!

Whether it's the CEO seat, an executive manager slot, or a more intrapreneurial position, women who follow Career GPS will have what it takes to gain their professional goals.

Dr. Ella L. J. Edmondson Bell, Ph.D., an authority on career development, has worked with women across a variety of fields and in different kinds of corporations, from Fortune 500s to start-ups. Here she offers guidelines to help women forge their own pathways to professional ascent, providing tips for maximizing a review, networking in a relevant way, and much more. According to Dr. Bell:

• Think working hard is enough to be recognized? It's not enough to assume your effort will speak for itself. You have to socialize with the decision makers. It might not mean you have to pick up the golf clubs, but you do have to figure out what works in your own organization.
• Parlez-vous Françis? Learning Mandarin? If you work for a global company and aspire to an extreme job or higher, make it known that you would take an overseas assignment to advance your career.
• Nowhere to go right now? Even in hard times there are options. Learn a lateral skill-such as accounting-so when the company is firing on all engines again, you will impress through the breadth of your knowledge.

Drawing from her work as a consultant to some of the country's most prestigious Fortune 100 companies, Dr. Bell helps readers succeed at every level in a dynamic corporate marketplace. Career GPS combines Dr. Bell's academic knowledge and expertise with dozens of heartfelt first-person stories from smart women who rose through the ranks. Here is a book that will guide women of all cultures, ages, and levels of experience to their career goals.

Charlotte Observer

“[Bell] lays out strategies to help women maneuver their way to the top. . . . [She] also offers intriguing advice.”

Ch. 1 Discovering and Embracing All of Who You Are 1

Ch. 2 Choosing the Career Path That's Right for You 19

Ch. 3 The Twenty-First-Century Job Search 41

Ch. 4 Hit the Ground Running: Your First Ninety Days on the Job 63

Ch. 5 Relationships: Cultivating Meaningful Connections 85

Ch. 6 Job Performance: It's Not the Only Thing, but It Is the Main Thing 113

Ch. 7 Moving on Up: Landing Assignments and Assessing Opportunities 131

Ch. 8 Going Global: Preparing for Success in International Assignments 153

Ch. 9 Effective Leadership in the New Corporate World 169

Ch. 10 Invisible Acts: Work, Life, and Health 187

Afterword: Memorandum to the Executive Team 219

In Gratitude 225

Index 229