Carla Harris

“Strategize to Win: The New Way to Start Out, Step Up, or Start Over in Your Career” (2014)

“Expect To Win: 10 Proven Strategies For Thriving In The Workplace” (2010)

How to survive and thrive in any economic climate with proven strategies from a powerhouse Carla Harris, one of the most powerful and respected women in business, shares advice, tips, and strategies for surviving in any workplace environment. While climbing the corporate ladder, Harris had her own personal missteps and celebrated numerous victories. She vowed that when she reached senior management, and people came to her for advice, she would provide them with the tools and strategies honed by her experience. "Carla's pearls" have become the centerpiece for her many speeches and television appearances. In Expect to Win, Carla shares these valuable lessons, including: • Authenticity: The Power is You • The 90-Day Rule • Perception is the Co-Pilot to Reality • The Mentor, The Sponsor, The Adviser: Having Them All • Leverage Your Voice • Balance is a Necessity: Use Your Passions to Achieve it • Expect to Win: Show Up With Your Best Self Every Day • Expect to Win is an inspirational must-read for anyone seeking battle-tested tools to fulfilling their true potential.

“Expect To Win: Proven Strategies For Success From A Wall Street Vet” (2009)

one Of Wall Street's Most Powerful And Lauded Women Shares Her Strategies For Long-term Success In Any Careerwhile Climbing The Corporate Ladder, Carla Harris Sought Career Advice From Her Mentors And Superiors But Found Some Of The Counsel Too Nonspecific. As Carla's Career Advanced, She Discovered The Key Survival Tools To Business Success And Vowed That When She Reached Senior Management And People Came To Her For Advice She Would Provide Them With Specific, Play-by-play Answers About What They Needed To Do To Fulfill Their Career Potential.each Chapter In expect To Win Includes Carla's “pearls”— Lessons Harris Has Acquired During Her Twenty Years Of Working On Wall Street That Can Help Contribute To Career Success By Aiding Readers In Navigating The Day-to-day Complexities And Challenges Of The Workplace.carla Harris Is A Wall Street Veteran. She Executed The Ipos For Ups, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, And Redback, As Well As The $3.2 Billion Common Stock Transaction For Immunex, One Of The Largest Biotech Common Stock Offerings In U.s. History. expect To Win Is A Must-read For Anyone Seeking Battle-tested Tools To Triumph Over Common Career Challenges And To Achieve Maximum Success In Any Field. publishers Weekly despite Stellar Credentials And More Than 20 Years Of Wall Street Experience, Harris, Managing Director Of Goldman Sachs, Clumsily Delivers Hackneyed Business Guidance. Broken Down Into Chapters Detailing Carla's Pearls Of Career Advice, The Author Reneges On Her Promise To Provide Practical, Strategic Tools Or Specific, Play-by-play Answers And Strategies For Business Success, Depending Instead On Such Standard Business-book Fare As Be Yourself, Know Your Goals, Brand Yourself And Find A Mentor. Harris's Strength Is In Her Supportive Tone; She Speaks Forcefully About Asking For What You Want, Developing A Winner's Lens (the Ability To Always See Yourself As A Winner And Present Yourself As Such) And The Titular Expectation Of Success, All Reasonable Advice. But Handicapped By Halting, Repetitive Writing And The Mobbed State Of The Business Self-help Shelves, Groaning With Similar Books Offering More Substantive Strategies Than This One, This Title Will Likely Sink Without A Trace. (jan.)copyright © Reed Business Information, A Division Of Reed Elsevier Inc. All Rights Reserved.