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The Third Shift
Book

The Third Shift

Managing Hard Choices in Our Careers, Homes, and Lives as Women

Jossey-Bass, 2000 more...

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Editorial Rating

7

Qualities

  • Concrete Examples
  • Engaging

Recommendation

Michele Kremen Bolton has achieved what so many other authors of books about women have not - she’s written elegantly, compellingly and sensibly about the dilemmas women face when they choose to work outside the home, run their own businesses or forgo outside work to raise a family. Most importantly, Bolton provides a thorough, intelligent discussion based on solid research and real-life situations. She makes viable suggestions for solutions to many of the dilemmas and challenges that women confront. She shows a keen understanding of what women are really thinking when confronted by guilt, self-doubt and the need to adapt continually to what is still a patriarchal society. getabstract recommends this book not only to women, but to that other half of the population as well. It’s a sure antidote to testosterone poisoning.

Take-Aways

  • After the first shift working in the office, and the second shift working on family and home, comes the "third shift," a time of quiet contemplation.
  • Women have more choices today.
  • All choices come with a price.

About the Author

Michele Kremen Bolton, Ph.D., is a principle partner and an experienced executive coach with ExecutivEdge of Silicon Valley, Los Gatos, California. She is a former professor of management at the College of Business at San Jose State University, where she was the cofounder and first executive director of the Center to Develop Women Entrepreneurs.


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