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Popular leadership blogger gives the low-down on standing up for yourselfIn Pushback, top leadership consultant Selena Rezvani argues that self-advocacy is critical to success. Yet women initiate negotiations four times less often than men, resulting in getting less of what they want—promotion opportunities, plum assignments, and higher pay. This book shines a light on the real rules of holding your own and pushing back for what is rightfully yours. Drawing on interviews with high-level leaders, Rezvani offers readers in the first half of their career the unedited truth about how women have asked their way to the top and triumphed—and how you can too.Includes interviews with top business leaders such as Marie Chandoha, CEO of Charles Schwab Investment Management; Cindi Bigelow, President of Bigelow Tea Company; Fizzah Jafri, COO at Morgan Stanley; Rosemary Turner, President at UPS; and Irene Chang Britt, Chief Strategy Officer at Campbell's SoupOffers a reliable and methodic approach to negotiating and navigating tough conversationsHighlights compelling facts and research from the world of psychology and leadershipInsightful and accessible, Pushback is a timely resource for savvy women who want to leverage their skills, promote themselves effectively, and fast track their careers.
About the Author
Selena Rezvani is a recognized consultant, speaker and author on women and leadership. A knowledgeable human capital consultant, Selena uses workplace culture assessments to help corporate clients be more inclusive and welcoming to women. Selena is also a noted researcher, having developed groundbreaking studies on insights related to women in the c-suite, millennials, managers, and negotiating habits.
Selena is the author of two leadership books targeted at professional women. Her latest book, Pushback: How Smart Women Ask - and Stand Up - for What They Want (Jossey-Bass, 2012) , focuses on the unmatched power of negotiation skills in women's career advancement and was recognized with an Axiom Business Book Award in 2013. Her first book, The Next Generation of Women Leaders (Praeger, 2009) , profiled 30 "c-level" women, each of whom provided tools and information for young women to shape their own careers. Selena has been featured in the LA Times, Oprah.com, Today.com, Glamour, and wrote an award-winning column on women for The Washington Post. Today she writes on women and work for Forbes.
Selena has an MBA from Johns Hopkins University and an MSW from NYU. She lives in the Philadelphia suburbs with her husband Geoff and her five year old boy/girl twins.
