Author Description

What good is a breakthrough that leaves you broken? Are you paying too high a price for your professional success? Do you feel undervalued, under compensated and overworked? Does your demanding career and relationship balancing act leave you physically drained and emotionally unfulfilled? In Shattering the Glass Ceiling: How to Break Through Without Breaking Down, Human Performance Expert Dr. Gia Suggs and Executive Coach Hayward Suggs talk straight about the challenges career women face and how to overcome them without losing yourself in the process. Through stories, humor, and practical strategies, they show successful women how to not only survive but thrive in their breakthrough quest. In this self-directed guidebook, you will discover: - Why traditional leadership competencies may not be the optimal competencies for you as a woman leader; - how to negotiate game equalizing compensation; - why coaching, mentoring, and sponsorship relationships could be the key to your desired results; - how to break free from the guilt trap of "now what?"; - how to develop a success game plan you can pass along to your daughters and daughters' daughters; Acclaimed author Dr. Stephen Covey said: "Every breakthrough requires a break with." But your breakthrough shouldn't cause a break down. There's a powerful difference between having it all and having all that matters. Shattering the Glass Ceiling will take you on a journey that informs, inspires, and ignites the indomitable human fighting spirit.