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Basic Black
  • Published: 9 September 2008
  • ISBN: 9780307351135
  • Imprint: Crown
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $45.00
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Basic Black

The Essential Guide for Getting Ahead at Work (and in Life)

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EBook
23 Oct 2007
Audiobook
23 Oct 2007
Audiobook
23 Oct 2007
Paperback
9 Sept 2008
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For professional women anywhere on the corporate ladder who are looking for an edge in their careers; readers of Gail Evans's Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman or Lois Frankel's Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office; media junkies curious about Cathleen Black's path to success.

New York Times Bestseller ... #1 BusinessWeek Bestseller ... Wall Street Journal Bestseller
• Pursue Your Passions
• Take Risks That Are Calculated, Not Crazy
• Achieve “The 360° Life”
• Make Your Life a Grudge-Free Zone
• Orchestrate Your Own Success

The bestselling guide to seizing opportunity in the workplace, from the woman at the pinnacle of the Hearst magazine empire

Every woman dreams of having a wise, funny mentor who understands the challenges she faces. Now, Cathie Black—one of Forbes’s “100 Most Powerful Women” and Fortune’s “50 Most Powerful Women in Business”—offers invaluable lessons that will help you land the job, promotion, or project you’re vying for. You’ll find out how to handle interviews, which rules to break, and why you should make your life a grudge-free zone. Filled with surprisingly candid, personal stories and advice, this is the only career guide you’ll ever need.
  • Published: 9 September 2008
  • ISBN: 9780307351135
  • Imprint: Crown
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $45.00
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About the author

Cathie Black

Cathie Black heads Hearst Magazines, a division of Hearst Corporation. She manages the financial performance and development of some of the industry’s best-known magazines, including Cosmopolitan; Esquire; Good Housekeeping; Harper’s; and O, the Oprah Magazine. Black made publishing history in 1979 as the first woman publisher of a weekly consumer magazine, New York, and she is widely credited for the success of USA Today, where for eight years, starting in 1983, she was first president, then publisher. Before joining Hearst, she also served five years as president and CEO of the Newspaper Association of America. She lives in New York with her husband, son, and daughter.
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Praise for Basic Black

"A thoughtful book on achieving success and balance in life. Black's insights on topics ranging from risk to passion to fear to leadership are hard-won, and her wisdom, set down here, has the potential to enrich careers and lives. To put in magazine parlance, Basic Black is the new black." --USA Today

"Fascinating reading. The life lessons in these pages are smart, true, and reassuring, no matter where you are in your career." --Suze Orman, author of Women and Money and The Nine Steps to Financial Freedom

"An important read for any woman who wants to become a better colleague, a better leader ... and a better person."--Meg Whitman, President & CEO, eBay Inc.