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Every other Thursday : stories and strategies from successful women scientists /
This book tells the story of a professional problem-solving group that for more than 25 years has empowered its members by providing practical and emotional support. The objective of 'Group', as Ellen Daniell and six other members call their bi-monthly gatherings, is cooperation in a compe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven [Conn.] :
Yale University Press,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : working toward diversity
- Every other Thursday : a meeting of Group
- Evolution : how each of us came to Group
- Facing disaster : Ellen's story
- Accepting ... liking ... celebrating : appreciating ourselves and being entitled to success
- Serious mind and a light heart : respecting instinct and personal goals
- Off balance and out of control : managing time and establishing equilibrium
- Flying furniture : choice and change
- Best friends, harshest critics : working with other women
- Life is a limited resource : taking care of ourselves
- Permission to feel : being professional does not mean turning off all emotion
- Boss, mother, friend, role model : working with students and employees
- Putting it out there : writing and giving talks
- Nobody taught us this in school : institutional politics and strategy
- Anticipating changes : growing older with grace
- Going home : interactions with spouse, partner, mother, and children
- Pigs, contracts, and strokes : Group process and history
- Maintenance and repair : working to keep Group working
- Another change of direction : letting go and moving on
- Biographies of Group members.