A Good Time to be a Girl, Helena Morrissey
A Good Time to be a Girl, Helena Morrissey
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A Good Time to be a Girl

Author: Helena Morrissey

Narrator: Helena Morrissey

Unabridged: 5 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/08/2018

Synopsis

From the founder of the worldwide 30% Club campaign comes a career book for women in a transforming world who don't just want to lean in, but instead, shatter the paradigm as we know it. In , Helena Morrissey sets out how we might achieve the next big breakthrough towards a truly inclusive modern society. Drawing on her experience as a City CEO, mother of nine, and founder of the influential 30% Club which campaigns for gender-balanced UK company boards, her manifesto for new ways of working, living, loving and raising families is for everyone, not just women. Making a powerful case for diversity and difference in any workplace, she shows how, together, we can develop smarter thinking and broader definitions of success. Gender balance, in her view, is an essential driver of economic prosperity and part of the solution to the many problems we face today. Her approach is not aimed merely at training a few more women in working practices that have outlived their usefulness. Instead, this book sets out a way to reinvent the game – not at the expense of men but in ways that are right and relevant for a digital age. It is a powerful guide to success for us all. ‘I absolutely love her, I think she’s such a force for good’ Pandora Sykes, The High Low

About Helena Morrissey

Helena Morrissey is a financier, campaigner, author and mother of nine. She is an inspirational leader who achieves results - in business, diversity, family life and encouraging others to succeed. In 2010 Helen launched the 30% Club to improve the gender balance on UK corporate boards, championed by the chairmen of those boards. Nine years later women represent over 30% FTSE350 directors, up from less than 10%. Helena has been described by Fortune magazine as one of the world's 50 Greatest Leaders and was the Financial Times Person of the Year in 2017. Her first book A Good Time to Be a Girl sold over 35,000 copies.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Aoife on May 20, 2018

I received a free digital copy of this book from the publishers/author via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This is probably one of the most important non-fiction reads I can recommend to any people, particularly women, in any kind of business environment. In this book, Helena Morrissey ta......more

Goodreads review by Mairead on February 12, 2018

My Rating ~ 4.5* 'Five years have passed since women were told to ‘Lean In’. Over that time, the world has transformed beyond all expectations. But why should anyone ‘lean in’ to a patriarchal system that is out of date? Why not change it entirely for the good of us all?’ Such is the premise of this......more

Goodreads review by McKinsey on August 22, 2018

I was so excited for this book, because a valid critique of Sandberg's Lean In is both apt and necessary. However, while I appreciated the bulk of the advice in this book, I was still left unsettled. You see, I have always seen Lean In as a temporary measure -- of course I want to change the sexist......more

Goodreads review by Nat on May 31, 2022

I take from these type of books the part that resonate for me , the rest is normally anecdotal of how powerful person got to powerful position which isn’t of huge interest to me......more

Goodreads review by J.smyth.pdx on January 11, 2019

I wanted to like this book. I’m not a fan of Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, and wanted a champion against that mentality. Instead, this was more of the same: uncommon circumstances, “lucky” promotions, and anecdotal evidence. I didn’t need to know what the author’s children thought about having a stay-a......more

Quotes

‘Morrissey is unusual and her book is essentially about why that is a good thing; why people who don’t fit the mould should be valued for that, rather than forced to conform … a refreshing change from the niggling cult of female self-improvement, which starts from the premise that women are probably doing it all wrong’ Gaby Hinsliff, Observer ‘A manifesto for career-minded women’ Sarah Baxter, Sunday Times ‘What supplies extra authority is where Morrissey is coming from – someone who has reached the summit and who did so while being mother to nine children. All credit to her. Onwards and upwards’ Evening Standard ‘Ms Morrissey’s tone is helpful in the increasingly irascible debate on gender equality … worth listening to’ Financial Times ‘A heartfelt manifesto for a more humane and inclusive form of capitalism’ Ruth Sunderland, Mail On Sunday ‘Morrissey is a suffragist like Millicent Fawcett, convinced that patient social reform can be brought by good women, and men’ Allison Pearson, Daily Telegraph ‘She makes a great case for ditching the dither, fixing your eyes on the prize, and asking for help where needed and promotion where desired too… I loved her positivity and push for collective female focus’ Helen Brown, Daily Mail

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