Wander Woman: How High-Achieving Women Find Contentment and Direction [Paperback]

There is a new generation of high-achieving women: confident, ambitious, and driven yet anxious, discontent, and above all, restless. Constantly juggling multiple roles and reevaluating goals, today’s ”wander women” move from job to job, challenge to challenge, almost on impulse. Drawing on fresh research and extensive interviews, Marcia Reynolds helps you understand the roots of your restlessness and discover how to make your wandering a conscious strategy, not a series of unplanned events. She provides a wealth of exercises and practices so you can better understand the needs that drive your decisions, discover new ways of finding direction, and thoughtfully choose and plan your future—whether climbing the corporate ladder, finding satisfaction below the glass ceiling, or setting out on your own.Preface

Part I: The Quiet Revolution
Chapter One: The Road to Somewhere
Chapter Two: The Burden of Greatness

Part II: Intentional Transformation
Chapter Three: Claiming your Selves
Chapter Four: Debunking your Assumptions
Chapter Five: Opening the Windows
Chapter Six: Choosing Your Course

Part III: Wandering on Purpose
Chapter Seven: Maintaining the Momentum
Chapter Eight: Navigating Through, Below or Away from the Glass
Chapter Nine: Raising the Flag
Chapter Ten: A Tribe or a Growing Revolution?
Notes on the Research
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author“The ideas and exercises here represent breakthrough thinking. I plan to give this inspiring and thought-changing book to many women as a gift of guidance on their journey.”
—Linda Alepin, Founding Director, Global Women’s Leadership Network
 
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