Work, Love, Pray, Diane Paddison
Work, Love, Pray, Diane Paddison
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Work, Love, Pray
Practical Wisdom for Young Professional Christian Women

Author: Diane Paddison

Narrator: Ruth Bloomquist

Unabridged: 7 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 09/20/2011


Synopsis

The number of Christian women in today's professional workforce is increasing, and they are hungry for practical mentoring. They yearn to learn from someone who has climbed the ladder of success without sacrificing family or faith--something author Diane Paddison has done with excellence and grace.The stories Paddison shares about her corporate, personal, and spiritual life, as well as the lives of other women like her, are both inspiring and instructive, providing on-target advice and concrete examples of how to succeed without feeling overwhelmed or compromised.This is a working book for working women. Full of practical, proven guidance that is both professionally viable and biblically sound, each chapter includes sidebars featuring pertinent facts from current research, resources relevant to the chapter's topic, action-oriented "to do" lists, and other interactive material. Chapters also include questions suitable for discussion, making it an excellent resource for use in small groups.Work, Love, Pray is a valuable resource for professional Christian women, but it's also a must-read for the husbands, sisters, daughters, and friends who share their lives.

About Diane Paddison

Diane Paddison has held several executive positions for corporations, including Chief Operating Officer for two Fortune 500 companies, Trammell Crow (now CB Richard Ellis) and ProLogis. She is currently the Chief Strategy Officer at the commercial real estate firm Cassidy Turley and serves on two other corporate boards, Behringer Harvard REIT Opportunity Fund II and Air Advice. She is also an advisory board member for The Salvation Army and Harvard Business School Christian Fellowship Alumni Association and a Trustee for Oregon State University. Diane is known for seeking opportunities to gather professional women for connection and mentoring time whenever she travels for business. This passion for mentoring women inspired her to found 4word™, a national nonprofit designed to connect, lead, and support young professional Christian women to fulfill their God-given potential (www.4wordwomen.org).  Diane and her husband have four children, and they live in Dallas, Texas, and Portland, Or?


Reviews

Goodreads review by Keatra on December 22, 2022

She has some nice advice in this book but mainly for women who are married with children. Few chapters are just about being a Christian woman with a professional career. She also says some rather negative things about church that I disagree with. It is always best to acknowledge that it is your own......more

Goodreads review by Grace on June 14, 2022

Work devo read turned out really helpful life read!......more

Goodreads review by Amber on April 17, 2021

I will reread. What a fantastic example Diane is. 👏......more

Goodreads review by Katie on July 25, 2012

I honestly almost put this book down about 1/3 through. I had bought it after reading part of it on a blog somewhere and thought it sounded intriguing, but I was starting to get disappointed in the beginning. The first 1/3 to 1/2 of the book is a necessity (I now see) for Diane Paddison to establish......more

Goodreads review by Cristina on February 11, 2014

Great book for young, intelligent Christian women who are concerned about how an ambitious career may affect their current or future families. Paddison offers practical advice about succeeding in the workplace with boundaries in place about how much time to spend away from family. A fairly conservat......more