Jessica Bacal- Mistakes I Made at Work: Reflections by 25 Influential Women

Published: Nov. 13, 2015, 9 p.m.

b"Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong by Jessica Bacal\\n\\nThis on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Jessica Bacal. The original live interview was 11/13/15.\\n\\nToday\\u2019s women are being told to \\u201clean in,\\u201d to assert themselves, to ask for more, and to analyze their work/life balance. But despite all of this dialogue, there\\u2019s something that is not being addressed: advice on how to recover when you\\u2019ve stumbled.\\n\\nEveryone makes mistakes, but for many women, acknowledging them can feel tantamount to career suicide. In Mistakes I Made at Work, I interview twenty-five high-achieving and influential women across a variety of fields\\u2014from writers to doctors to engineers.\\xa0 They share their worst on-the-job moments, and how they used them as learning experiences to build successful and fascinating careers.\\n\\nJessica directs the Wurtele Center for Work & Life at Smith College, an independent women\\u2019s college in Massachusetts with students from every state and from 60 countries around the world.\\n\\nHer website is www.jessbacal.com/\\n\\nTo order the book click HERE\\n\\nFor more information about the Executive Girlfriends' Group see: http://www.executivegirlfriendsgroup.com"