Knowing your value : women, money, and getting what you're worth

Select an Action

Title:

Knowing your value : women, money, and getting what you're worth

Author:

Brzezinski, Mika, author.

ISBN:

9781602861343

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

New York : Weinstein Books, c2010.

Physical Description:

x, 194 p. ; 24 cm.

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

Introduction: Success and failure, all at once -- My story: how it begins -- Get out of your way: women as their own worst enemies -- What's a woman worth? The gender wage gap and the perception of value -- Acceptable behavior: a cautionary tale about women acting like men in the workplace -- What men know: we can't act like them, but we can learn from them -- At the bargaining table: table manners and tactical maneuvers -- Allies and enemies: a new appreciation of men in the workplace, and a warning about women -- Motherhood: the game changer -- Conclusion: My story: how it ends-- for now.

Subject Term:

Wages -- Women.

Women executives -- Salaries, etc.

Equal pay for equal work.

Success in business.

Summary:

Interviews a number of prominent women--including comedian Susie Essman, writer and director Nora Ephron, and TV personality Joy Behar--to reveal how all women can achieve their deserved recognition and financial worth in the modern professional world.

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake)	650.1 BRZ	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Stillwater Public Library	650.1 BRZ	Searching... Unknown

Bound With These Titles

On Order

Summary

Why are women so often overlooked and underpaid? In Knowing Your Value , the prequel to her new book Grow Your Value, bestselling author Mika Brzezinski takes an in-depth look at how women today achieve their deserved recognition and financial worth.

Prompted by her own experience as co-host of Morning Joe, Mika interviewed a number of prominent women across a wide range of industries on their experience moving up in their fields. Mika shares the surprising stories of such power players as presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett, comedian Susie Essman, writer and director Nora Ephron, Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, television personality Joy Behar, and many others. Mika also gets honest answers from the likes of Donny Deutsch, Jack Welch, Donald Trump, and others about why women are paid less, and what pitfalls women face -- and play into.

Knowing Your Value blends personal stories with the latest research on why many women don't negotiate their compensation, why negotiating aggressively usually backfires, the real reasons why the gender wage gap persists, and what can be done about it.

Written in Mika's brutally honest, funny, and self-deprecating style, Knowing Your Value is a vital book for professional women of all ages.

Author Notes

Mika Brzezinski is a co-host of Morning Joe , an MSNBC anchor, author of the New York Times bestsellers All Things at Once, Knowing Your Value , and Obsessed . and founder of the women's empowerment community, "Know Your Value". She also served as a visiting fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics. She is the mother of two daughters.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Brzezinski knew that her role as cohost of the MSNBC show Morning Joe was integral to the show's success, and yet she was getting paid a fraction of what her male counterparts were. The network was certainly to blame, but so, she realized, was she; this was just the last in a long run of jobs where she'd seen a salary discrepancy, worked long hours to prove herself, got angry at herself for not earning more money and respect, and stormed off and got a new job-only to repeat the pattern. Wondering if other successful women also consistently undermined and undercut themselves, she interviews power women-Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, Tina Brown, Nora Ephron, Suze Orman, and Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg. Brzezinski illustrates how women undervalue themselves in the workplace-excessive gratitude "just to have the opportunity," not negotiating their contracts, taking on extra work for which they're not being paid, and asking for raises in ways in which they're virtually certain to be turned down. While these insights are familiar, the celebrity angle provides much-needed perspective-if even the most successful women undervalue themselves out of a desire to be liked, as Joy Behar admits, then clearly the rest of us accepting 77 cents on our male colleagues' dollar are not alone. A thoughtful look at how women can quit getting in their own way. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Introduction: Success and Failure, All at Once	p. 1
Chapter 1 My Story: How It Begins	p. 11
Chapter 2 Get Out of Your Way: Women as Their Own Worst Enemies	p. 31
Chapter 3 What's a Woman Worth? The Gender Wage Gap and the Perception of Value	p. 51
Chapter 4 Acceptable Behavior: A Cautionary Tale about Women Acting Like Men in the Workplace	p. 73
Chapter 5 What Men Know: We Can't Act Like Them, but We Can Learn from Them	p. 95
Chapter 6 At the Bargaining Table: Table Manners and Tactical Maneuvers	p. 115
Chapter 7 Allies and Enemies: A New Appreciation of Men in the Workplace, and a Warning About Women	p. 139
Chapter 8 Motherhood: The Game Changer	p. 157
Conclusion: My Story: How It Ends-for Now	p. 179
Index	p. 187

Available:*

Bound With These Titles

On Order

Summary

Summary

Author Notes

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Table of Contents

Helpful Links

Research Links

Contact

Events and Rooms

Follow Us

Today's Hours