Mrs Moneypenny's Careers Advice for Ambitious Women

Moneypenny, Mrs; McGregor, Heather

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670920819 ISBN 13: 9780670920815

Publisher: Portfolio Penguin, 2012

Welcome to the world of Mrs Moneypenny, where it's all about who you know and what you know. Where you can't have it all, but you have to do it all. And where women wanting to reach the top need to learn to say 'no'.

The high-flying, uber-connected Financial Times columnist and star of Channel 4's 'Superscrimpers' is on a mission to help you get ahead at work.

In this incisive, hilariously frank book, Mrs Moneypenny tells you everything you need to know about taking control of your career. From nurturing your personal network and getting noticed, to the art of outsourcing and understanding numbers, she distils a lifetime's experience of running businesses and shaping careers into original, practical advice.

Whether you're just starting out or a rung from the top, whether you're a store manager or a CEO, let Mrs Moneypenny be your ultimate mentor - and guide you to success.

Review:

A practical, pacy and punchy toolkit. A masterclass in how to succeed and stay sane. A fiercely practical, eternally upbeat and utterly enjoyable textbook for success ... incisive, self-deprecating and hilarious. (Management Today)

A highly enjoyable, high-energy new book about success and getting it. Ambitious or not this book will amuse you, provoke you, challenge you, help you and cheer you up. (Jeanette Winterson Times)

Mrs Moneypenny. Working mother, businesswoman... just like me, really (Elle Macpherson)

I wish I had ended up as worldly wise, energetic and well-connected as she plainly is (Bill Emmott The Times)

Who needs Bond when Mrs Moneypenny comes to our rescue every Saturday? (Stephen Hester, CEO, Royal Bank of Scotland)

Mrs M is the FT's sexy little secret...she writes with great wit and deftness (David Yelland, Former Editor The Sun)

About the Author:

For 12 years Mrs Moneypenny has been entertaining readers of the Financial Times with her views on everything from Wellington boots to waxing. She runs her own business while juggling three children (Cost Centres 1, 2 and 3) and a golf-obsessed husband. She starred in the Channel 4 series 'Superscrimpers', and the Mrs Moneypenny show has run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Broadway and the Hay Festival.

Heather McGregor is a leading London headhunter. She owns and runs Taylor Bennett, the executive search firm, and teaches at the Cass Business School and the London Business School. She is the principal business commentator for the Jeremy Vine show on BBC Radio 2.