Joanna BarshGrow Wherever You Work: Straight Talk to Help with Your Toughest Challenges
Joanna Barsh is a Director Emerita at McKinsey & Company, where she's worked for 32 years, as well as the Executive Chairman of FORTUNE Women's Leadership Council. She is an in-demand speaker and presenter, both nationally and internationally, and has worked closely with Lean In, the International Council of Women's Business Leaders, and other proactive groups.
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Introduction
Chapter1: When Work Holds No Passion
* Not All Who Wander Are Lost
* What Happens After a Wrong Turn
* Answering the Call
* A Matter of Perspective
* Self-doubt Guards the Treasure
* Taking on Your Passion Challenge
Chapter 2: When the Pressure Threatens to Overwhelm
* Moving to the Driver's Seat
* Opening Night with a New Script
* Without Limits
* Drawing the Line
* The Tipping Point
* Taking on Your Pressure Challenge
Chapter 3: When Your Mistake Feels Colossal
* Promising the Impossible
* Caught in the Headlights
* The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow
* Recovering from a Whopper
* The Day it Hit the Fan
* Still Standing
* Taking on Your Mistake Challenge
Chapter 4: When Your Performance Review Whacks You
* It's Not Funny
* I'm OK, and You're OK Too
* The Gift of Unfairness
* The Brutal Facts
* With a Little Help from My Friends
* Taking On Your Review Challenge
Chapter 5: When People Don't Come on Board
* A Fish Out of Water
* Winning Over the Skeptics
* In His Shoes
* Listening Like You Mean It
* Sharing the Burden
* Taking On Your People Challenge, Part I
Chapter 6: When You're Working with an Office Villain
* The Jerk Who Threw a Tantrum
* The Monster Who Turned Gold into Dust
* The Mean Girl Who Interfered
* The 24/7 Critic
* The Boss with a Bad Rap
* Taking On Your People Challenge, Part II
Chapter 7: When You Need a Sponsor
* But for the Love of Sponsors
* The Master Apprentice
* Will You Be My Rabbi?
* Breaking Up is Hard to Do
* Between a Rock and a Hard Place
* It Takes One to Know One
* Taking on Your Sponsor Challenge
Chapter 8: When You Dare to Challenge
* At a Loss for Words
* Shattering Career-Limiting Silence
* Standing Up for Yourself
* The Rewards of Independence
* Thinking for Yourself
* Taking On Your Leadership Challenge
Chapter 9: When Risk Taking Feels Like Jumping Off a Cliff
* Heading Gladly into the Unknown
* After the Fall
* Living and Working in Technicolor
* A Fighter and an Underdog Walk into a Bar
* Failing for a Living
* Taking on Your Risk Challenge
Chapter 10: When You Have to Be a Superhero
* The Quiet Hero
* The Citizen Leader
* The Cowboy Sheriff
* Crisis Avenger
* The Demon Slayer
* Taking On Your Superhero Challenge
Chapter 11: When Everything Sucks
* Preparing for the Day
* A Simple Twist of Fate
* Putting Out the Fires
* Bringing Your A Game to Plan B
* Escaping the Black Hole
* Taking On Your Suck Challenge
Chapter 12: When Work Doesn't Feel Worth It
* Should I Stay, or Should I Go
* Stuck on Perma Hold
* Breaking the Cycle
* Waking Up
* Time to Go
* Taking on Your Work Challenge
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