How Women Rise

By: Sally Helgesen, Marshall Goldsmith

Narrated by: Sally Helgesen, Marshall Goldsmith, Suzanne Toren

Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins

Publisher's summary

Overcome the 12 habits holding you back and take your career to new heights with this wise and approachable guide from two business leadership experts.

Ready to take the next step in your career...but not sure what's holding you back? Listen on.

Leadership expert Sally Helgesen and best-selling leadership coach Marshall Goldsmith have trained thousands of high achievers - men and women - to reach even greater heights. Again and again, they see that women face specific and different road blocks from men as they advance in the workplace. In fact, the very habits that helped women early in their careers can hinder them as they move up. Simply put, what got you here won't get you there...and you might not even realize your blind spots until it's too late.

Are you great with the details? To rise, you need to do less and delegate more.

Are you a team player? To advance, you need to take credit as easily as you share it.

Are you a star networker? Leaders know a network is no good unless you know how to use it.

Sally and Marshall identify the 12 habits that hold women back as they seek to advance, showing them why what worked for them in the past might actually be sabotaging their future success. Building on Marshall's classic best seller What Got You Here Won't Get You There, their new book, How Women Rise, is essential listening for any woman who is ready to advance to the next level.

©2018 Sally Helgesen, Marshall Goldsmith (P)2018 Hachette Audio

Critic reviews

"A myth-busting "how to" for the next generation of women leaders, and those who want to see them succeed. These ideas will transform our workplaces, our careers, and our lives." (Rita McGrath, professor at Columbia Business School and a Thinkers50 Top Ten Business Thinker)

"Extraordinary real-life stories of women who wait to be asked to the party, get stuck in their comfort zone, seek perfection, and assume their hard work will be recognized. Sally and Marshall show us how to get unstuck and to 'stand out' so women can move forward in more purposeful, powerful, and productive careers. This is a must read with great actionable advice!" (Janice Reals Ellig, chief executive officer of Chadick Ellig and one of BusinessWeek's "World's Most Influential Headhunters")

"Sally and Marshall give new meaning to the term 'dream team.' Together they have produced a masterpiece, an over-the-moon but magnificently down-to-earth leadership book for the ages." (Tom Peters, best-selling author of In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies)

Coming into my greatness

Sixx months ago I received a promotion long waited for. This book has helped me realize that the source in me is fully capable in developing in me the skills required to take my place amongst the great Women Leaders of the world.

A timely and impactful read!

This is a must read for every leader who is committed to helping Women rise. I’ve read and listen to the book; I’ve also interviewed the authors. What I found particularly helpful, beyond the identification of specific habits that hold women back, was learning where the 12 habits originate, and how to disrupt them.

So powerful

So thankful this book was written and found it's way into my life. Already reading it a second time

Very helpful.

Excellent. I saw myself in many of these behaviors, and found this book to be insightful and immediately actionable.

Great Lessons

I learned a lot and became inspired listening to this audiobook! I recommend to every woman facing sexism at work and how to truly rise!

Fantastic content

The reader is a little slow so I turned it up to 1.25x, but she's a great choice for the content. This book has a lot of heavy hitting points that drive self reflection; her gentle voice definitely softened the blow because some of the comments were definitely personal attacks haha. Fantastic content. Recommend it for women in mid-management positions, especially those that struggle with perception issues or with constructively handling potentially inaccurate criticism.

Finally an actionable female perspective

For years I’ve read books on how to do more of what I’m already doing. This calls out other “bad habits” while showing they are useful in certain situations. It teaches you how to keep certain things in check and explains the reasoning behind the method. It was worth every penny.

Every driven woman should read this.

absolutely loved it. am buying the print version to reread and write all over. much needed for me.

Definitely going to Share on LinkedIn

Definitely going to Share on LinkedIn -- Great for women. A must for men who employ and promote women.

Great advice for women's careers

I liked the fact that I could relate to some of the limits sets by ourselves and how they challenge the mentality behind those limits.