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Drop the ball : achieving more by doing less / Tiffany Dufu.

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Record Number 800620
ISBN 9781250071767 (paperback)
Author Dufu, Tiffany author.
Title Drop the ball : achieving more by doing less / Tiffany Dufu.
Publisher/Date New York : Flatiron books, 2018.
©2017
Pagination etc. xiii, 286 pages ; 21 cm
Contents note Foreword by Gloria Steinem.
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents note Pt. ONE Doing It All -- 1.A Woman's Place -- 2.Prince Charming -- 3.Working Mom -- 4.Home Control Disease -- 5.Life-Go-Round -- pt. TWO Something's Gotta Give -- 6.The Turning Point -- 7.What Matters Most -- 8.The Law of Comparative Advantage -- 9.On the Precipice of Change -- pt. THREE Drop the Ball -- 10.Go Ahead, Drop the Ball -- 11.Clarify Who Does What -- 12.Believe in Team -- 13.Recruit a Village -- pt. FOUR All-In Partners -- 14.Done Is Another Person's Perfect -- 15.Affirm with Gratitude -- 16.Don't Buy the Stereotype -- 17.Happiness Motivates Everyone -- 18.Why We Need Men -- pt. FTVE Looking Ahead -- 19.The Four Go-Tos -- 20.Final Frontier -- 21.Freedom.
Summary Note Once the poster girl for doing it all, after she had her first child, Tiffany Dufu struggled to accomplish everything she thought she needed to in order to succeed. Like so many driven and talented women who have been brought up to believe that to have it all, they must do it all, Dufu began to feel that achieving her career and personal goals was an impossibility. Eventually, she discovered the solution: letting go. In Drop the Ball, Dufu recounts how she learned to reevaluate expectations, shrink her to-do list, and meaningfully engage the assistance of others-freeing the space she needed to flourish at work and to develop deeper, more meaningful relationships at home. Even though women are half the workforce, they still represent only eighteen per cent of the highest level leaders. The reasons are obvious: just as women reach middle management they are also starting families. Mounting responsibilities at work and home leave them with no bandwidth to do what will most lead to their success. Offering new perspective on why the women's leadership movement has stalled, and packed with actionable advice, Tiffany Dufu's Drop the Ball urges women to embrace imperfection, to expect less of themselves and more from others-only then can they focus on what they truly care about, devote the necessary energy to achieving their real goals, and create the type of rich, rewarding life we all desire.
Subject Women professional employees -- United States -- Biography
African American women -- United States -- Biography
Mothers -- United States -- Biography
Leadership in women
Work-life balance
Sex role
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Added Author Steinem, Gloria writer of foreword.
Shelf Location 650.1082 DUFU
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