Book Review
A Woman's Work: The book every successful businesswoman wishes she'd read — by Sonja Leason, Dr Areej Khataybih, Clare Downes, Jeannie McGillivray, Jill Martin, Lorraine Gannon, Mary Grant, Natalie Jameson, Steph Middleton-Foster and Vicki Wusche.
As a woman, it can feel that the odds are stacked against you in business and when more women than ever before are self-employed and starting businesses, why is it that so few of them are able to scale and get the success they deserve? A heated discussion on this subject by ten super-successful businesswomen led to the creation of this book.
Is it because it’s so much harder for women to get funding and investment? Is it because women are also likely to be running the household and juggling childcare? Is it because women struggle to be taken seriously? These were just some of the questions posed by a group of ten super successful women in business, the outcome of the debate leading to the writing of a book to share the outcomes.
The real question that came out of this debate was: what can we do to help women overcome these challenges and really shine? Fuelled by the raw passion of successful businesswomen in a range of industries, this book will empower you to scale and grow your business, whatever you do. It is packed full of tips and personal stories drawing on a range of expertise. This book covers both the hard and soft business skills required to take your business to the next level. From time management and resilience to how to hone your product and scale profitably, this is the book that these businesswomen wish they could have had in their arsenal when they were looking to scale. In each chapter, a businesswoman explores the obstacles she has had to overcome in a particular area, and gives the reader practical advice to do the same. No more playing small, now is the time to go for it. This book will show you how…
Author quotes
We wrote this book to help and inspire women who are at various stages of their entrepreneurial journey, to remove some of the barriers to success and show you how we did it.
We want to share our stories with you and show you how we overcame specific struggles to achieve business success.
This is the book we wish we’d have read before we started. We have pulled together everything that we have learned in business, from corporate careers, to setting up from scratch to single parenthood. We cover this and everything in between.
Be resilient, think big (and smart!), network, break the mould, develop profitable products and scale the right way. We remove the blocks to business success as a female entrepreneur.
About the authors
Sonja Leason is Director of Love Mondays, a business consultancy that focuses on fast growth culture for SME's. From lead to delivery, Love Mondays work with businesses from start ups to national brands such as Peugeot and Pizza Hut, growing them by up to 200% year on year and aligning profit with purpose to grow businesses for social good. Sonja also hosts a business podcast, From Struggle to Success, documenting entrepreneurs life stories and how they overcame serious struggle to form successful businesses that make a real impact in the world.
Lorraine Gannon is the co-founder and owner of a training business, New Era Training, which focusses on wealth creation. She specialises in creating recurring income products with entrepreneurs by monetising their knowledge and experience in online courses. She mentors entrepreneurs on their products. She replaces their income and gives them time and financial freedom.
Jeannie McGillivray is MD and Co-Founder of Remote, a software development company focused on helping purpose-driven organisations make a greater positive impact in the world, which she founded with her husband, Paul, in 1999. Over the years, she has successfully navigated the notoriously male-dominated Tech industry, leading her team of designers and software developers and managing the growth of the company. She is also Co-Founder and COO of Code Assembly.
Mary Grant is a multi award winning fashion designer. For over 25 years, she has created collections based on feedback from her customers and team of stylists. She has observed how life's challenges can shake women's confidence and helps them get back on track when they have lost their way. She is passionate about helping women to always remain relevant and be the most fabulous version of themselves, whatever stage in life they are at.
Vicki Wusche is a property investment specialist and better known as the Poperty Mermaid. She is the author of the popular book Using Other People’s Money: How to Invest in Property.
Why LoA loves it….
There is nothing more valuable for women entrepreneurs who are busy trying to build and scale their businesses than hearing from those who have already done it. In this insightful new book, A Woman’s Work, ten leading women entrepreneurs come together to debate the challenges, opportunities and experiences of being in business. It’s a frank insight into the lives of successful women business builders and their own personal journeys to achieving that success, overcoming numerous hurdles along the way. A must read for all those who want to follow in their footsteps and achieve their own entrepreneurial dreams. — Melanie Hawken, founder & ceo of Lionesses of Africa