Dare: Straight Talk on Confidence, Courage, and Career for Women in Charge

Table of Contents

1. Cover
2. More Praise for Dare
3. Title Page
4. Copyright
5. Dedication
6. Foreword
7. Introduction: Follow Me
8. Chapter One: Dare to Set the Target High
   1. Believe You Can Get There
   2. Make Your Personal Vision Specific
   3. Dare to Write a Personal Vision Statement
   4. Core Values: Your Visionary GPS
   5. You Can't Have Everything—So Know What's Most Important
9. Chapter Two: Dare to Know Yourself
   1. To Get Strong, Admit You're Weak
   2. Dare to Ask for Feedback
   3. How I Learned to Stop Butting In
   4. Getting the Best Data
   5. Setting a Course for Change
   6. Back to the Mirror
10. Chapter Three: Dare to Stand Out
    1. Under the Microscope
    2. Distinguish Yourself with Integrity
    3. Average is Over
    4. Create Opportunities to Radiate Excellence
    5. Sweating the Small Stuff
    6. Toot Your Horn
    7. Ask for More
    8. Speak up, Please
    9. Ask Questions…
    10. …And Tell a Story
11. Chapter Four: Dare to Project a Confident Attitude
    1. Get Over Your Need to be Liked
    2. How to be Assertive Without Being Pushy
    3. Don't be Too Grateful
    4. Never Accept no at Face Value
    5. Master the 90 Percent Rule
    6. You're a Fraud—and so is Everyone Else
    7. Forge a Middle Path
    8. The Network Effect
    9. Awaken the Voice of Ambition
12. Chapter Five: Dare to Learn at Every Age
    1. What Got You There Won't Get You Here
    2. Where Knowledge Meets Confidence
    3. Cultivate Network Intelligence
    4. It's not Whom You Know, It's Who Trusts You
    5. Become a Novice
13. Chapter Six: Dare to Fail
    1. Your Secret Résumé
    2. The Real Failure in Failure
    3. Take a Positive Approach to Risk
    4. Learn to Live with Failure
    5. The Five Most Powerful Words
    6. Create a Forgiving Environment
    7. Game on, not Game Over
14. Chapter Seven: Dare to Reach Out
    1. Put Your Family First without Putting Your Job Last
    2. Finding Colleagues—at Other Companies
    3. Building the Network
    4. Mentors Keep You Moving Forward
    5. Whom Should You Recruit as a Mentor?
    6. You also Need Sponsors
    7. Find Allies
    8. The First Law of Motion
15. Chapter Eight: Dare to be More than the Boss
    1. The Value of “Friendraising”
    2. Spend Time on the Front Line
    3. Always Let Your Calmer Head Prevail
    4. When to have Tough Conversations
    5. It Takes Ears to Build Relationships
    6. Speak the Language of Encouragement
16. Chapter Nine: Dare to be There—for Others
    1. Be a Mentor, Starting Now
    2. Mentoring Makes You a Better Leader
    3. Making the Match
    4. Mentoring Effectively
    5. Give Back Early
    6. Make an Unbreakable Chain
    7. Look Beyond Your Experience
17. Appendix
18. Acknowledgments
19. About the Author
20. More from Wiley
21. Index