Product Description and Author Information
About the Book
“A personal, provocative, and challenging book for career women who want less guilt, more life.”
—Diane Sawyer
Womenomics, the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller by Claire Shipman and Katty Kay, is an invaluable guide for this generation of professional women, provide knowledgeable advice on how to “Work Less, Achieve More, Live Better.” Shipman and Kay, two TV journalists well acquainted with the stress of the workplace, describe the new economic trends that offer today’s overworked working women more professional and personal choices than ever before. At last, you no longer have to do it all to have it all—Womenomics shows you how.
About the Authors
Claire Shipman
is a journalist, author, and public speaker. She’s the author, along with Katty Kay, of two New York Times bestsellers, Womenomics: Work Less, Achieve More, Live Better and The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance—What Women Should Know. Before turning to writing, Claire spent almost three decades as an award-winning television journalist. For the last fourteen years, Claire was a regular contributor to Good Morning America and other national broadcasts for ABC News. Before that, she served as White House correspondent for NBC News, where she regularly reported on presidential policy and politics for NBC Nightly News and Today. Prior to that, she worked for CNN for a decade, covering the White House, and she was also posted in Moscow for five years, reporting on the fall of the Soviet Union. Claire’s coverage from Moscow helped CNN earn a National Headliners Award and a coveted Peabody Award. She received a DuPont Award and an Emmy Award for coverage of the 1989 Tiananmen Square student uprising, as well as a DuPont Award for CNN’s coverage of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. She graduated from Columbia College and later earned a master’s degree from the School of International Affairs there. She’s now a member of Columbia’s board of trustees. She lives in Washington, DC, with her husband and their two children and three dogs. Visit Claire online at theconfidencecode.com.
Katherine Kay
Katty Kay is the Washington, DC, anchor for BBC World News America. She is a regular guest on NBC's Meet the Press and MSNBC's Morning Joe. She lives in Washington, DC, with her husband and four children.
Reviews
Diane Sawyer —Diane Sawyer
Cathie Black, president, Hearst Magazines and author of Basic Black —Cathie Black, president, Hearst Magazines and author of Basic Black
Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook —Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook
Daniel H. Pink, author of A Whole New Mind —Daniel H. Pink, author of A Whole New Mind
Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, and author of Confidence —Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, and author of Confidence
Dee Dee Myers, former White House press secretary and author of Why Women Should Rule the World —Dee Dee Myers, former White House press secretary and author of Why Women Should Rule the World
Tina Brown, founder, The Daily Beast —Tina Brown, founder, The Daily Beast
Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D., author of Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office —Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D., author of Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office