Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers (A NICE GIRLS Book)

Dr. Frankel's book, Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office, is a nice addition to any woman's toolkit for success in the workplace. The content is meant to have a little something for everyone. As with any book, you have to identify what components are most applicable to you and your situation. As you move from one organization or department to another, you may find that certain sections of the book that were not relevant have become your reality. Those that are underdeveloped may misunderstand and therefore misapply the content of the book. Many who have read The Art of War have probably witnessed this syndrome. Although this book is simple in its form/style, the substance is for those that already have a certain level of maturity and experience who are looking to achieve new levels of success. That being said, this book can be helpful to a young woman with a clear vision and a set of goals for her future.Dr. Frankel was very forthright and honest in her writing and assessments. It was a breath of fresh air to read this book. There isn't much in the book that many seasoned professionals may not already be aware of. However, it gives a name to concepts and situations, and adds context and perspective. I have two copies, one is a loner. I revisit this book often as a reminder and a personal reassessment to ensure I am staying true and consistent with my goals.UPDATED OCTOBER 29, 2013This is still a great book. I have since met many of my professional goals and set some new ones. I enjoy and am grateful for being able to revisit this book.

I enjoyed this quick read and found it helpful. As a 27 year old that has been in an administrative field since I graduated from college, it has shown me mistakes and possible choices to avoid should they come my way. I still have a lot to implement and I think the book is intended to be read more than once as your life evolves. I disagree with others that say it antiquated and can't be related to today. I guess I work in an antiquated enviroment, because a lot of this was right on. I've seen other women I work with make these very mistakes.Three things I took from this book: (1) Taking up more space and (2) always making sure I sit next to the most powerful person in the room, (3) forming relationships and chashing in credit. These minor changes in my thinking and behavior have had a snowball effect. There are several other tips in the book that were relevant, but I could talk all day writing about my experience.If you are interested in making a few changes in how people perceive you in the work place. Grab the book. I think it not only helpful for young women starting out, but definietly helpful for older woman who need to change their detrimental behavior.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. My book club chose to read "Nice Girls Don't Get The Corner Office 101" for our book of the month for March. I laughed my butt off for a good portion of the book. I really enjoyed the authors writing style. Usually when I read self help books written by Ph.D.'s it's dry, dry, dry... like the Sahara. This book includes self assessments at the beginning so you can see right off the start where you need to focus on. A joke with plenty of truth the author state's at the beginning is you might not even need to read the whole book. I didn't but I chose to for good measure. The steps and approach the author takes was very insightful and helped me realize some of the self sabotaging behaviors I was doing to my self.I also appreciate it when an author is honest. Through out this book the author stays incredibly honest by pointing out the type of people this book might not be for. It's nice to see a direct approach that says "hey this might not be for you" or " you can better yourself but no excuses will get you there". I felt like I was getting honest advice from a therapist that should cost be $150.00 an hour.Cons:The author repeated her self a lot. I get that in the self help genre it's often a staple to repeat a certain thought or theme or idea over and over in different ways of saying the same thing to really drive it in to the individuals head. However I don't like that approach and it makes me feel like the author is trying to fill pages by rewording the same sentence as many time as possible. Other than that great book, very helpful and even good for just a fun read with the hilarious occasional sarcastic remark to giggle at.

This is a revolutionary way for women to think: I work entirely with men in a fairly "aggressive" operating room environment. Well, women find it aggressive, but to men it's just Monday. I can confirm not only from being a sometimes-silent observer but an active participant on a male-dominated team that this book knows women need permission to bring their A-game (as in ambition) AND NOT FEEL BAD ABOUT IT. Trust me, a working man's top goal is not to be nice. The qualities that make us "successful" as social females cannot be entirely relied on to bring success at work. Dr. Frankel's book is well organized with concise chapters/examples that make it easy reading. As she says, not every woman makes every mistake; you may even choose to make some "mistakes" when appropriate. But at least know the rules when you break them. I even gave this book to a male doctor for him and his daughter to read: he loved it--had no idea how girls/women hold themselves back!