Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Ding, Dong! The Bitch Is Dead -- You Crafty Career Planner, You: How to Use This Book -- Part One: Cut The Crap -- Section 1: Self-Awareness -- 1 Getting Rid of the "Hob" on Your Brain -- The Three Biggest Career-Killing Hobs and How to Handle Them -- Woman 2 Woman: Knowing Your Worth -- 2 If Busy Were the Indicator of Success, We'd All Be Billionaires -- 3 Reining in the Mommy Guilt -- Sanity 101: Five Must-Have Tradeoffs for Working Moms -- Woman 2 Woman: On Parenting vs. and Career -- 4 Om the Job: How to Beat Stress and Anxiety -- Keeping in Mind @ Work -- Action Plan: Self-Awareness Goals -- Section 2: Social Skills -- 5 Indirect, Emotions, and Tears (Oh, My!) -- Why Surveyed Women Preferred Male Bosses -- Attention Crybabies! -- 6 Competition (Yeah, Let's Talk About It) -- Why Do Comparisons Trip Us Up So Much? -- The Real C-Word -- 7 Seriously, Don't Bring Sexy Back -- Woman 2 Woman: On Harassment -- How to Handle: Tricky Social Situations @ Work -- Action Plan: Social Skills Goals -- Part Two: Call in the Good Stuff -- Section 3: Personal Effectiveness -- 8 Be More to Do More: Creating Your Virtues, Intentions, and Goals (VIG) List -- Virtues: Your Evergreen Self -- Intentions: Your Present Self -- Goals: Your Future Self -- So . . . Now It's Your Turn -- 9 Building VIG-ilicious Habits -- VIG-ilicious Scorecard A -- VIG-ilicious Scorecard B -- 10 Six Ways to Earn Respect Under the Corporate Umbrella . . . and Seven Ways to Screw It Up Royally -- Small Business versus Large Organizations: Two Different Cultures, Two Different Games -- Woman 2 Woman: Owning Your Career -- 11 A Note to New Grads -- Must-Have Skill #1: Communication -- Must-Have Skill #2: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving.

Woman 2 Woman: Get the Job Before You Get the Job -- How to Handle: Tricky Service Situations @ Work -- Action Plan: Personal Effectiveness Goals -- Section 4: Team Development -- 12 Women Were Raised to Be Nice. So What? -- 13 The Cure for Fake Harmony: 100 Coaching Questions for Team Leaders -- 14 Solve the Freakin Problem! (Plus: Two Really Simple Anger Management Techniques) -- When The Sh*t Hits the Fan-H.E.A.L -- Woman 2 Woman: Managing Through Turbulent Times -- How to Handle: Tricky Team Situations @ Work -- Action Plan: Team Development Goals -- Part Three: Align with What Works -- Section 5: Leadership -- 15 Having Authority Is Like Having a Gun in Your Closet: There If You Need It, but Hopefully You Won't Have to Pull the Trigger -- Leading from Where You Are -- Meeting Other People Where They Are -- No Like-y? No Problem -- Influence Right Now -- Woman 2 Woman: Finding Your Voice -- 16 That's Great and All, but Nobody Knows Who You Are -- What's Your Worth? -- The Difference Between Mentors and Sponsors -- Woman 2 Woman: On Networking -- How to Handle: Tricky Leadership Situations @ Work -- Action Plan: Leadership Goals -- Section 6: Toolbox -- Tool 1: Career Plan Template -- Tool 2: Six-Month Check-In Template -- Tool 3: Personal Career Assessment -- Tool 4: Leadership Readiness Assessment -- Tool 5: 20 Things Every Career Woman Must Know -- Epilogue: The Glass Ceiling Is Only There If You Think It Is -- Index.