Own It
Success for professional women will no longer be about trying to compete at the men’s version of the game. And it will no longer be about contorting ourselves to men’s expectations of how powerful people behave. Instead, it’s about embracing and investing in our innate strengths as women - and bringing them proudly and unapologetically, to work. Own It is a new kind of career playbook for a new era of feminism, offering women a new set of rules for professional success: one that plays to their strengths and builds on the power they already have.
Praise for Own It
“It’s no secret the business world is in a time of transformation, largely driven by technology. Increased automation means that skills like collaboration, creativity and relationship-building are even more valuable. As Krawcheck shows, women are uniquely positioned to succeed by tapping into these skills they already possess. Own It is a manual for how women can both thrive and accelerate these changes — which will benefit both men and women”.
— Arianna Huffington, Founder and CEO of Thrive Global
"Take it from the most powerful woman on Wall Street: our future depends on women. With courage, charisma, and cold hard facts, Sallie Krawcheck shows that instead of playing by the rules men created, it's time for women to rewrite the rules."
— Adam Grant, Wharton Professor
"In today’s complex world where real change is happening in real-time, all companies are grappling with the challenge of reimagining their way forward. Doing so requires a culture of collaboration, openness and questioning - and diversity of thought, perspective and, yes, gender. In this cogent and unflinchingly honest book, Sallie Krawcheck inspires women to embrace the power of their diversity to reimagine their careers."
— Beth Comstock, Vice-Chair, GE
"In Own It, Sallie Krawcheck lays out the business case for workplace equality and the roles all of us must play in shifting our companies toward equal pay, equal opportunity, equal advancement and equal rights for all."
— Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO, Salesforce
“Having worked at the top rungs on Wall St at time when groupthink nearly ran our economy into the ground, Sallie Krawcheck knows better than anyone that doing business the "old boys club way" is no longer viable. In this powerful, honest, and yet intensely optimistic book, she shows why women today have more options than ever, and how we can seize them by bringing our true selves to work.”
— Karen Finerman, CEO of Metropolitan Capital Advisors
"Too many business leaders still look at the gender pay gap and the lack of women in senior positions a "women's' issue". Sallie Krawcheck has been there, and she knows better. Own It shows how the rise of women in business boosts the economy and society as a whole. Companies and leaders who recognize and embrace this will prosper. In today's competitive economy, Sallie tells us how to leverage the growing power of women in ways that benefit us all."
— Ian Bremmer, president and founder of Eurasia Group and author of Superpower