Games Mother Never Taught You

by Betty Lehan Harragan

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A management expert offers women guidance in acquiring and maintaining power in business, providing advice on the language, dress, attitudes, poses, and rules of success in a world traditionally dominated by men.

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Teramis 16 reviews

This should be required reading for any woman who wants to be a force to be reckoned with in business - or even just who want to have due recognition for their efforts. Harragan's nailed the multiple layers of dynamics in the business world.

Oct 3, 2008

Madamxtra 98 reviews

I too was trained to be a good little girl. For my 16th birthday, a friend gave me a tee-shirt that read “Good little girls go to heaven, Bad Girls go everywhere!”
I’ve been around the world…SMILE*

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