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5 comments about What It Takes: Speak Up, Step Up, Move Up: A Modern Woman's Guide to Success in Business.

1. WOW~!!! this book is like a long paper work of taking bits and pieces of great business books that already exsists.
   
   you know I can't wait for Omorosa's book to come out, I mean the content is going to be the same but I just want to prove my theory to my friends that what if your on TV for more than 6 weeks you get cocky as hell.
   
   If you really want to spend money.. I suggest this book.



2. After reading other women in business books, I read this & thought it was great. This book talks about men & women in the workplace & how we need to act different to get the same things. This is a quick read & gets right to the point.
   
   I really believe this book has valuable information to help women, some of it basic, all of it in the modern workplace. Having worked in an office for over 10 years, I have seen mistakes that could have been avoided by reading this book.
   
   Some of the things Amy writes about are:
   -Tooting your own horn
   -Staying away from gossipy people, they will do nothing for your career but give you a bad reputation
   -Sexuality in the workplace - how to act & dress sophisticated rather than sexy
   -How to ask for & negotiate a job offer, promotion, raise & benefits
   -Networking with the right people
   -How to deal with emotions at work & picking your battles
   -How to portray the right image
   -Not to take things personally
   
   The list goes on. There's a lot of helpful information for women in business & I already feel empowered having read this book. I think this is a must for every woman starting out in the business world!



3. In responce the review stating "Most of the book is filled with common sense"
   
   This book is filled with what *some* people learned naturally and consider common sense. Some people, like me, do not consider this common sense. I'm male but I haven't mastered the art of interacting in a male dominated social business environment. (When I was young, I never learned to play with little boys much either.) So I think this book has lots of valuable information already - and I'm only 1/5 of the way through.



4. I really like this book, there was a lot of information and substance. Although she was on the Apprentice, Ms. Henry rarely discussed it. She focused on the mistakes that are holding women back in business and showing how to overcome them with very good information. She also provides quotes from other successful women in business.
   
   I learned a lot.



5. As the last woman standing on NBC's hit show "The Apprentice," Amy Henry has a lot to say about business. Rather than focusing on her television experience, however, Henry draws from her eight-year career of managing multi-million dollar software projects and offers a host of strategies for success, particularly in male-dominated industries. She insists on the power of networking with the big boys; stealth bragging, so that people will know about your accomplishments; speaking up and using your charm, beauty and womanly intuition. Henry's advice is similar to those found in other books, but her no-nonsense, woman-to-woman approach will be helpful and enjoyable for younger women and those breaking into the business world.

5 comments about Welch: An American Icon.

1. I would have rated this book higher were it the only book on its subject. In fact, Lowe and others have already written or edited an abundance of material about Welch. Moreover, judged as a biography or as a critical analysis, the book is solid but (for various reasons) nowhere near as lively as recent biographies of DiMaggio, Daley, Orwell, Chandler, Chaucer, and Greenspan. Perhaps it is Lowe's writing style. Perhaps it is her often deferential attitude toward Welch as icon. Perhaps it is the relatively modest amount of information about Welch as an imperfect (albeit extraordinary) human being. Frankly, I had hoped to obtain previously unavailable information about various transitions in his life as well as in his career. Or at least learn more about what his career transitions reveal about his values. And especially more about his reflections on past mistakes as well as successes. I plan to wait a month or two and then re-read this book. Perhaps I will then agree that it is the "fascinating and rewarding book" which George Kozmetsky claims, as quoted on the dust jacket. For now, I rate it OK.



2. I was very disappointed in this book .I thought it was a biography of the man but instead it was a synopsis of business management only. Who cares about the daily life of the corporate CEO? I wanted to know the man. What were his parents like, what kind of a childhood did he have? How about some pictures of Jack the kid? Who was his wife of twenty eight years, what are her opinions of Jack, as a man and a father? How about his children, do they have insights into their fathers feelings? What experiences in his life molded him into what he became? These and many other questions were not answered. How can anyone write a biography with no personal facts or anecdotes? Try it again Janet, the third time never fails.



3. Any book that has that many footnotes can't be good. The reader does not care if the author is completely accurate in their information, we just want to get to know the character of the book - what makes him tick, how he thinks, what are his habits, etc. In fact some of the best biographies I have read take liberties with the information to embelish the story and make it interesting. Just read some of Irving Stone's great biographies, Agony and the Ecstacy for example, to see what I mean. The author has plenty of footnotes, but no insightful information. She jumps from one topic to another, without ever giving the reader a good feel for any of the topics she covers. She would have been better off to cut the things she discussed in half and developed each idea more fully. Don't bother reading this book. Wait for Jack's own book. Hopefully we will get to know him better then.

   PS: At least is was better than Robert Slaters fauning accounts of GE and Welch.




4. I don't know what book some of these other reviewers read but I found the man fascinating and the presentation excellent. I would definitely recommend this for anyone interested in the evolution of a corporation in the latter part of the 20th century going into the 21st century.



5. I really liked Janet Lowe's breezy, yet comprehensive writing style. She certainly captures not only the man but his impressive leadership traits and business acumen. I have the full Welch library but I would highlight this book out of the bunch simply because of her ability to tell a good story. Many of the other Welch books are dry and do not provide new insight. Clearly the author had connects into Welch and GE that allowed her to tell a rich story. I strongly recommend as a must-have to anyone in business.

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