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Fast forward : how women can achieve power and purpose / Melanne Verveer and Kim K. Azzarelli ; foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Verveer, Melanne, (author.). Azzarelli, Kim K., (author.).

Summary:

"Learn how some of the world's most powerful women are using their growing economic power to create success and meaning in their lives while building a better world. Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In ignited a conversation about women and their careers, and resonated with millions of readers. Fast Forward, by two women leaders with experience and access throughout corporate America and around the world, takes the next step. Through interviews with a network of over fifty trailblazing women, it shows women how to accelerate their growing economic power and combine it with purpose to create success and meaning in their lives while building a better world"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780544527195
ISBN: 0544527194
ISBN: 9780544664357 (trade paper (international edition))
ISBN: 0544664353 (trade paper (international edition))
Physical Description: xi, 244 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Why women, why now -- Know the power of women: make the case -- Find your purpose -- Connect with others: partner for purpose -- Leadership and networks at the top -- Why the middle matters -- Power at the base -- Entrepreneurs and innovators -- Unfinished business -- Levers for change: technology and education -- Media matters -- Moments in history: our moment is now.