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Summary: It isn't about what you know but how you think!
Review: Too many times I, or someone (woman) I know has been pigeonholed into a job description by none other than themselves! Women too often think that the future of their careers solely depend on what they already know and the experience they already have under their belt. They believe that in order to move up and take on more exciting projects they need to get a Master's degree in the subject. Not true! Do you think men think or act like this? Companies don't want "have done" people, they want "can do" people and all it takes is a change in attitude. Reading this book helped me see the differences men and women have in their approach to work and their attitudes about it. Work isn't about who you are but what you can do to help the company succeed. And if you're miserable where you are, stop complaining and do something about it!
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Summary: Ohhhh now I understand
Review: I would read a chapter a night and sure enough sometime that next week I would see Evans' scenario played right out in front of me. Wow. I would catch myself making the mistakes Evans points out in her book. Stepping back and looking at the leaders in my company I can now see why some women are ahead -- they knew how to play the game. The biggest point Evans makes is that the rules were made up by men because women weren't around. You've got to stay in the game if you want to change the rules. I intend to stay.
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Summary: Outdated, but worth your time
Review: This book is quite the easy read, and has many helpful suggestions. As a female engineer just reently entering the workplace, some of these are lessons I have yet to learn, others are incredibly obvious. Many of the issues discussed are rather outdated. They seem more to refer to Gail Evans entire career experiences rather than present day realities. Some of these just don't apply to modern generations.
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Summary: The book you want your sister to read
Review: This book is not perfect by any stretch. The author is guilty of some classic gender stereotypes here. But if you can get beyond some of the old-skool mentality there are really some nuggets of insight and advice. After all, the 'younger' generation (Gen-X?) works for companies run by the author's contemporaries and it can't hurt to understand these CEO types better. I recommend this for its tips for todays working woman with a few bumps on her head from the glass ceiling. I'm starting with my sister.
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Summary: Best book for MEN!
Review: If you want to be a successful son, father, husband, manager, please read this book. Boys must read about girls too. THANK YOU SO MUCH Evans for this book. It gave so much power, thoughts, real feelings for future.
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Summary: The advice you WISH your mother had told you!
Review: I have one thing to say about "Play Like A Man, Win Like A Women": If you read it, you will smarter. Guarunteed. The book is bold, engaging and very real. It's both an insightful look at gender dynamics in the modern workplace, and a practical field guide for thriving in the corporate jungle. As I was reading the book, I kept on saying to myself "That is so true!" "Play Like A Man Win Like A Woman" is an extremely relevant, and extremely revealing view of the challenges that women face everyday. I've passed the book on to many friends - and they all agree. Bravo Gail!
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Summary: Helped Me to Successfully Negotiate My Promotion
Review: Extremely vital tips and to dos for any woman, regardless of what stage of life you are in. This book was the prefect mantra to read the night before my annual review and proved instrumental in coaching me thorugh difficult negitiations. A must read for any woman looking to get ahead.
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Summary: If you are under 35, this book is not for you
Review: If you are under 35, then this book is probably not for you. The author describes a number of supposed women who I just do not recognize in myself or my friends. These women are the ones who just do not get it, that is the male game of business. The author of course, is one of the few women who does get it. In fact the author treats most women as if they were 1950s steryotypes who somehow found themselves timewarped to today. For the most part the advice was un-believably poor and quite frankly sexist. The author seems to have collected steryotypes of the working women and come up with an ape the man approach to counter the steryotype. There are far too many sporting analogies and one is left with the feeling that the author has never really played competitve female team sports. If she had she would know that girls like to win too. Often she borders on the ridiculous. For example she suggests that women can take 10 years off to raise their children and re-enter the work force without any delay or negative effect to their career. She neglets the fact that today, the pace of management and technical evolution is so great that no one, man or women, can easily re-enter the work force after a ten year absence. In making such a claim she does not turn to statistical evidence, rather, she draws from her own experience. While taking time off to raise the kids she was involved in part-time businesses, charity work, by her own account she "managed the Moscow bureau for three years" and had a fleet of baby sitters and maids who looked after the house and kids. This is not really "takeing time off" to raise the kids, nor does it have any relavance to those women with children who can not afford her extravagant support system. Finally there is no attempt to adress real issues such as the challenge of raising a family while working and simultaneously having a great professional life. She does not engage in any serious reflections on gender attitudes to work, nor does she adress the real steryotypes that women endure, such as a "women with children should be at home", or "women are not prime income earners so we can pay them less", or "women will leave and have kids anyway so they are more costly to my business then a man." I particularily disliked the section on wife, daughter, mother, misstress where the author states these are the only kinds of women men know how to relate to (don't they have sisters?), so you must choose which role you will play at work. Seriously young professional women today prefer to be considered a worker when at work and a wife, mother, daughter or mistress only in their private life. I really regret having bought this book.
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Summary: Untrustworthy Source
Review: Prospective readers of this book ought to know that Gail Evans was deeply involved in broadcasting the false and meretritious "Tailwind" program on CNN. In my view that casts serious doubt on her qualifications to advise others on how to manage people and organizations.
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Summary: What a depressing Book!
Review: I was so excited about receiving this book and was very disappointed to read it's contents. It is the same old tired information once again that teaches women to act like men, except don't swear, don't laugh too loud, don't cry, basically don't act like a human being! I felt it told me to be something other than myself, which isn't to say I swear or cry on the job, I don't. However, I couldn't even finish this book because it depressed me too much. In addition, this material isn't even applicable in the Human Resources environment I work in and would probably get me fired! There are MUCH better books available today on leadership and emotional intelligence that I would reccommend over this one.
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