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What's Holding You Back?: 8 Critical Choices for Women's Success » (Reprint)
Authors: Linda Gong Austin
ISBN-13: 9780465032631, ISBN-10: 046503263X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: February 2001
Edition: Reprint
Author Biography: Linda Gong Austin
Linda Austin is a Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Dean for Public Education at the Medical University of South Carolina and the host of the nationally syndicated public radio program
Book Synopsis
By an outstanding psychiatrist and public radio host, the first book to help women understand and shatter the true glass ceiling.
Table of Contents
| Preface to the paperback edition | ix |
| Introduction: Breaking the Psychological Glass Ceiling | xi |
| Choice One MOTIVATION Derailed by Anxiety or Inspired by | |
| Meaning? | 1 |
| Choice Two INVESTING YOUR ENERGY Nest-Building or | |
| Risk-Taking? | 31 |
| Choice Three FOCUSING YOUR INTELLIGENCE Scattered Light or | |
| Piercing Laser? | 61 |
| Choice Four SHAPING YOUR WORK LIFE Problem-Fixing or | |
| Problem-Finding? | 85 |
| Choice Five COMPETITION Shaking Pom-Poms or Shooting Hoops? | 109 |
| Choice Six TAR BABIES IN YOUR PATH Taking a Swing or Walking | |
| On By? | 139 |
| Choice Seven LOSING LIKE A WOMAN Retreat or Rebound? | 157 |
| Choice Eight BROKERING POWER Diffused or Directed? | 181 |
| Notes | 201 |
| Acknowledgments | 216 |
| Index | 218 |
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