The Only Girl in the Room: Real Life Tales of One Woman's Climb Up the Corporate Ladder Paperback – April 14, 2016

An amusing, insightful and sometimes heartrending tale of the author's life experience in the business world. Those who have shared these experiences will relate to it, whereas it offers unique advice to women who are joining the world of business now.

This is a witty and insightful account of how the business world handles an outsider with the “balls” to aspire to a position in one of the “C” suites of corporate America. The author is charmingly naive as a hopeful college graduate in 1981, but after three decades of battering, she emerges battle-scarred but optimistic about the prospects of women in positions of leadership. Somehow she manages to maintain her sense of humor despite being called “a bull in a china closet” and “too loud, too aggressive and too tall.”The personal stories and her emotional reactions make this a powerful and compelling book. We hear about a long term relationship with a mentor, and the ups and downs of mentoring a friend through multiple jobs. We also get a peek into the positive side of leading a team, including an annual Screaming Flying Monkeys contest and rules for using humor as a boss.I highly recommend this book for anyone (woman or man) working in the corporate world, or anyone who knows someone in that world.

I loved reading about the trials and wisdom of this woman from my generation and think that it has insights that will benefit women of all ages. A quick read that is well worth it.

The Only Girl in the Room is book to be read by men and women, boys and girls. One of the most thoughtful and intriguing stories about being an outsider in quite a while. This books speaks to so many different people who have faced this scenario in one form or another. The best part of it is the author has a very interesting and bold sense of humor. I have a 6 year old daughter who I plan to read this to in another year or so. In life there are people who pioneer paths that others eventually follow and those followers often do not realize why the path is so smooth. This is the story of one such path. Btw, I bought this book on Kindle and I do love reading on a Kindle. But in this particular instance, you may want to pick up the hard cover because the cover is just very cool.

I loved this book. It's important for women to have examples, mentors, roll models as they navigate worlds that have been Men's domains for so long and Nancy provides a lot of insight.

This book truly resonated with me and my experiences in corporate America. Definitely a great read for my daughter as she will start navigating the work world in a few years. I highly recommend! You will find yourself nodding in agreement and laughing out loud.

A fun read and valuable insight into the true climate of the C-suite. If you are a woman in the workforce or know a woman in the workforce, you owe it to yourself to read this.