Example Of She Wins, You Win: The Most Important Rule Every Businesswoman Needs To Know Book Review

‘She wins you win’ is Gail Evans book and its focus is ensuring that women succeed in the business world. The book tells the women all the rules they need to use in order to survive in the male dominated world of business. The book is about how to get ahead in the work place by understanding the unwritten rules that are applied in the work environment. Gail in the book informs the readers that it should not be enough that they understand the rules that the men made but rather they should create their own rules. In the book she shares importance of being a team player as that is the secret to setting up a winning team in any organization. She further points that it’s alright to break or bend the rules whenever the need arises. She points out on how to use the various resources that are in our disposal to our benefit. Gail points out that the resources are a very powerful tool and if they are used well they can bring about a lot of benefit in the long run. Moreover, she informs the readers about the Rain making tool. This tool involves hiring new people that help to create new business opportunities that in turn produce revenue for the organization in the long run. New talent can produce very good results in the long run as they have fresh ideas that have not been contaminated with. They have no bias to a certain group or a certain member of the team hence; they produce ideas that are pure. Gail stresses the importance of mentoring the new personnel and also the members of the team a as they in turn help to produce the required results with efficiency.
Gail also highlights the importance of sharing information with the team members. ‘Espousing a one-for-all, all-for-one approach’. She insists that women should and must work together to spread information to many people in all the levels both high and low. In the book she stresses on the important of building both the informal and the formal teams. The teams create an opportunity whereby the team members brainstorm around the idea and come up with better ideas that are beneficial to the company. Gail also highlights the importance of knowing when to stay silent as not all positions require us to speak up. Staying silent also enables one to listen to another person’s ideas and understand their point of view as one doesn’t have to be right all the time.
Gail in the book points out on the importance of webbing instead of networking as it produces better results. ‘Webbing’ (networking with comprehensive and complex interconnections) is a situation whereby you ensure that you keep in touch with all the members of your team and encourage them to bring other members and ensure that they are always motivated. A web that is monitored at all times is productive and produces far much more results as the more the people are under you the more the sales. She also emphasizes the importance of learning to play golf whether you are a top level executive in the organization or at any other level assistant because one can never know when their help might be needed. Knowing golf or knowing the tournaments that are taking place can give one some points to talk about with fellow colleagues, including when you have been called upon to entertain a guest.
Challenges are always present in all organization hence the need for Gail to point out ways of dealing with the challenges that come up. She also pointed out on’ which people cultivate and which to avoid’ including destroying common beliefs and myths that are there. The words ‘every time a woman succeeds we all do and every time one woman fails in business we all do’ are dear to Gail. In that women need to take care, help, and give support both morally and otherwise each other at all times. This shall enable us reach higher levels of power. Gail warns that women should look out for ‘Queen Beas’,’ Silent Treatment Sophie’ or the Seniority Sues as these could cause big problems for them. They could destroy their credibility in the organization and hinder their upward progress in the organization. She emphasizes that when mistreated and treated badly they should speak up and report the person to the authority as it’s a free world.
Women are the backbone of the world land Gail has not wasted time in emphasizing this point in the book. She emphasizes that women should know their value and not let small talks in the office destroy their goals. She emphasizes that the women should not let men take the front row seat always. She emphasizes that its time women in the front row seats should mentor others and encourages them to work hard to reach there. She emphasizes the importance of team work in organization because work done by many is completed faster and more efficiently.