Mastering the Game: Strategies for Career Success. This item is unavailable.Mastering the Game: Strategies for Career Success

There’s nothing more frustrating than playing a game without knowing all the rules. Lawyer and diversity consultant Sharon E. Jones can attest to this in her professional life. As a woman of color, she has spent her entire career navigating the conscious and unconscious biases of her supervisors and peers. Jones demystifies ten unwritten “rules of the game” and provides over 100 strategies to help women and other diverse professionals succeed.

Jones discusses:

• the current trends in diversity in the workplace,
• the importance of visualizing your goals before you even begin,
• the value emotional tenacity will have as you encounter challenging situations,
• the need to identify the metrics for success,
• the difference good sponsorship can make for your career,
• the ways your professional appearance alters others’ opinions of you,
• the importance of self-promoting and advertising your strengths, and
• more rules and techniques to help you build your vision of personal and professional success.

Jones has discovered that these lessons can apply to every type of organization and industry. She understands that women and people of color need to work twice as hard just to get rewarded, and she wants to help you overcome the challenges you may face in your workplace.

Sharon E. Jones is the founder and CEO of Jones Diversity, Inc., which offers services to organizations looking to improve their workplace culture and create more diverse and inclusive teams. Her firm’s broad range of consulting services have enhanced the competitive edge of law firms, corporations, and not-for-profits by enabling each organization to fully utilize, retain, and promote diverse individuals into leadership roles.

Jones has practiced law and been a community leader over a twenty-five-year career, including positions as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, as Senior Counsel for Fortune 500 Corporations, and with major law firms. Additionally, Jones has served as a board member for the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession and president of the Black Women Lawyers Association of Chicago, which she co-founded. She has won numerous awards as a lawyer, industry leader, and advocate.

Jones is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Harvard College.