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Her Corner Office: A Guide to Help Women Find A Place and A Voice In Corporate America (Second Edition)

Trudy Bourgeois
Brown Books Publishing Group (2007)
ISBN 9781933285979
Reviewed by Sandie Kirkland for RebeccasReads (5/08)

Trudy Bourgeois has updated her first edition of “Her Corner Office” to share her years of business experience with other women who are trying to break the glass ceiling and make it to the executive suite in business.  Mrs. Bourgeois was the first African-American woman to be named a Vice-President in the consumer goods industry.  The book is written in an inspirational, easy-to-follow manner that, when followed, can systematically improve both performance and perception for the woman businessperson.
 
Each chapter has questions for the reader to answer that helps them clarify what their values are, what they add to a business, and how to market her self.  At the end of each chapter, there is a summary page with points to remember.  Although each chapter is short, it is chock-full of great advice.  Some topics covered include communication skills, marketing your self, personal development, and work-life balance.  One of the key messages is that each person is in control of their destiny, and that they should not give that control away and expect peers or bosses to promote them just because they're a good person or known as the person who puts in more hours than anyone else.
 
I really enjoyed this book, and took away some valuable concepts from it that can be applied in my professional life.  “Her Corner Office” is highly recommended.

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