Unapologetically ambitious : take risks, break barriers, and create success on your own terms / Shellye Archambeau ; foreword by Ben Horowitz.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First editionDescription: xxii, 265 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781538702895
- 1538702894
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | NonFiction | 650.1 A669 | Available | 33111010409932 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Full of empowering wisdom from one of Silicon Valley's first female African American CEOs, this inspiring leadership book -- named a Best Business Book of the Year by Fortune and Bloomberg -- offers a blueprint for how to achieve your personal and professional goals.
Shellye Archambeau recounts how she overcame the challenges she faced as a young black woman, wife, and mother, managing her personal and professional responsibilities while climbing the ranks at IBM and subsequently in her roles as CEO. Through the busts and booms of Silicon Valley in the early 2000s, this bold and inspiring book details the risks she took and the strategies she engaged to steer her family, her career, and her company MetricStream toward success.
Through her journey, Shellye discovered that ambition alone is not enough to achieve success. Here, she shares the practical strategies, tools, and approaches readers can employ right now, including concrete steps to most effectively: Dismantle impostor syndrome Capitalize on the power of planning Take risks Developing financial literacy Build your network Establish your reputation Take charge of your career Integrate work, marriage, parenthood, and self-care Each chapter lays out key takeaways and actions to increase the odds of achieving your personal and professional goals. With relatable personal stories that ground her advice in the real world and a foreword by leading venture capitalist and New York Times bestselling author Ben Horowitz, Unapologetically Ambitious invites readers to move beyond the solely supportive roles others expect them to fill, to learn how to carefully tread the thin line between assertive and aggressive, and to give themselves permission to strive for the top. Make no apologies for the height of your ambitions. Shellye Archambeau will show you how.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-265).
"Full of empowering wisdom from one of high tech's first female African American CEOs, this inspiring leadership book for readers of Dare to Lead and Start with Why offers a blueprint for how to achieve your personal and professional goals, drawn from the author's own compelling story of how she weathered life's difficulties to build massive success"-- Provided by publisher.
Introduction -- Early lessons -- Strategize for success -- Living the plan -- Swerve -- Improving your odds -- Epilogue.
Archambeau recounts how she overcame the challenges she faced as an African American woman while climbing the ranks at IBM and subsequently in her roles as CEO. She details the risks she took and the strategies she engaged to steer her family, her career, and her company toward success. Ambition alone is not enough to achieve success, and Archambeau shares the practical strategies, tools, and concrete steps readers can employ right now. Each chapter lays out key takeaways and actions to increase the odds of achieving your personal and professional goals. -- adapted from jacket