Womenomics - by Claire Shipman & Katherine Kay (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

"A personal, provocative, and challenging book for career women who want less guilt, more life."
--Diane Sawyer

Womenomics, the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller by Claire Shipman and Katty Kay, is an invaluable guide for this generation of professional women, provide knowledgeable advice on how to "Work Less, Achieve More, Live Better." Shipman and Kay, two TV journalists well acquainted with the stress of the workplace, describe the new economic trends that offer today's overworked working women more professional and personal choices than ever before. At last, you no longer have to do it all to have it all--Womenomics shows you how.

From the Back Cover

Finally, here is a book that gets to the heart of what professional women want. Like most of us, you've had enough of the sixty-hour workweeks, the day-care dash, and the vacations that never get taken. You want to work, but on your own terms and in ways that make it possible to have a life as well.

In Womenomics, journalists Shipman and Kay provide a fresh perspective on the largely hidden power that women have in today's marketplace. Inspiring, practical, and persuasive, Womenomics offers a groundbreaking blueprint for changing the way you live and work--with advice, guidance, and fact-based support that show how you don't have to do it all to have it all.

Review Quotes

"A personal, provocative and challenging book for career women who want less guilt, more life." -- Diane Sawyer

"Womenomics describes the workplace trend that finally makes it possible for women to be successful and sane at the same time. And happily, it's a recession-friendly formula. -- Tina Brown, founder, The Daily Beast

"Shipman and Kay have issued a rallying cry for women that is also a wake-up call for men. Our wives, daughters, sisters, and mothers are reshaping business as we know it. And that can make us all better off." -- Daniel H. Pink, author of A Whole New Mind

"Without wasted words, Shipman and Kay provide practical suggestions for how you can take charge of your career with courage and confidence." -- Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D., author of Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office

"Womenomics makes a compelling statement about the financial impact women can have in the workplace and offers valuable ideas for capitalizing on this trend, even in this economic climate." -- Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook

"Buy a copy of Womenomics for yourself, your best friend, your daughter, your star employee, and even your boss." -- Cathie Black, president, Hearst Magazines and author of Basic Black

"Employers should be listening to what talented women want and use this book to hold up their end of the bargain, so that the best and brightest can have both a job and a life." -- Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, and author of Confidence

"Every woman who's ever been knocked off course in the quest to have the elusive 'all' should run out and buy this book today!" -- Dee Dee Myers, former White House press secretary and author of Why Women Should Rule the World