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by Carla A. Harris (Author)
The author of Expect to Win offers essential career strategies for today's economic climate
Appointed by President Barack Obama to chair the National Women's Business Council in 2013, Carla Harris knows that the working world isn't what it used to be. Addressing these changes, Harris's new book gives today's readers the tools they need to get started, get "unstuck" from bad situations, redirect momentum, and position themselves to manage their career no matter what the economic environment or job market might be. Readers know Harris, and they trust her straightforward advice. With battle-tested, step-by-step strategies for every career stage, Strategize to Win will takes its place beside Expect to Win as a category classic.Author Biography
Carla Harris is the author of Expect to Win and the upcoming Lead to Win and Vice Chairman, managing director and senior client advisor at Morgan Stanley. She has degrees from Harvard University and numerous honorary doctorates. In 2013 she was appointed by President Barack Obama to chair the National Women's Business Council. She was also the chair of the prestigious national organization, The Executive Leadership Council; chair of the board of the Morgan Stanley Foundation; and she currently sits on the boards for many other philanthropic organizations. The recipient of several professional awards, Carla has been named to Fortune magazine's list of "The 50 Most Powerful Black Executives in Corporate America," Essence magazine's "The 50 Women Who are Shaping the World," Ebony's list of "15 Corporate Women at the Top" and others. She regularly appears on national television and radio programs, and speaks to corporations, colleges and universities, and at events and conferences many times a year. An accomplished gospel singer, she has released four albums and performed to sold-out crowds at Carnegie Hall and the Apollo Theatre. She lives in New Jersey.
