Welcome from Robin Wolaner

Ultimately, this will be the site where I post excerpts from the book, list events related to publication and welcome your comments.

Comments

[Patricia Nierenberg]

Congratulations Robin!! You are a remarkable woman and I'm sure this book is not the final chapter for you and what is to come. I can't wait to read it! David will have to share his book or get me my own copy.

See you when your book tour comes to Portland. Patricia.

[Stuart Yurman]

Way to go, Robin. "Naked" is a wonderful mile marker on your remarkable journey through the business jungle. Enjoy the ride.

Stu

[sonja thomas]

Hi Robin,

I bought your book and found your insights to be very relevent. I'm emailing you to give you my story that mirrors some of those in your book.

I'm 40 year old white female accountant - 5'2 115 lbs. blonde hair blue eyes - I have an MBA, CPA, and other credentials. I started working at a construction company about a year ago and worked directly for the CFO. I worked 50 + hours - weekends, holidays, etc. When a position came open for a controller, they hired a man whose credentials were less than mine and paid him $30,000 annually more then me. When I had the "audacity" to complain, I was told this is construction, get use to it or I was welcome to leave.

Needless to say, I have my resume with the headhunter.

[Laura Lee Williams]

Robin,

This is the shot in the arm I've needed...this book is magnificent and beautifully written!! I commend and applaud you for being frank, honest and forthright with how things really are in the boardroom.....

I cannot send you an email via your site, but would like to have the opportunity to write you directly as I have some thoughts and comments for a potential overseas opportunity for the book......please contact me at the above address.

I am telling all my friends/book club pals and former 'Corporate' & current working moms to stop everything and read your book!! It is a force to be reckoned with. I only wish I could pass along such insightful knowledge and inspiration to others!

Congratulations......a book, finally, that I just couldn't put down!!

Regards,
Laura Lee Williams

[Terry Foster]

Hi Robin,

Your book was encouraging and enlightening and validated most women's thoughts on life in the corporate world as we truly know it.

I'm glad someone had the guts and the courage to truthfully convey how business takes place at the Executive level! Many of us have experinced it, few communicate what really happens especially now since so many individuals are worried about their job security--not realizing this doesn't exist.

I look forward to reading about all your new edeavors given all you have to bring to entrepreneurial companies--

[Catherine Conroy]

I am a working mother (Marketing manager) with two small kids. I do not read books. I prefer to sleep instead for obvious reasons. I was given your book as a gift. I would sit at night with a small night light at my children's bedside reading (as that was my only free time). It took me four weeks to read it, but I sure did enjoy the book. Thanks for your honesty and your sense of humor. If you write a second book, I will buy it!
Congratulations on your success. You make me proud and I don't even know you.

[Lubna]

I received this book as a gift from a friend who had visited New York. My first reaction - eewk, a self help book. I never read them. I make my own decisions and lead my own life.

Now, after having devoured your book, at one sitting, I just wanted to say THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

I have had a bit of a chequered career, have been drifting between journalism and a career in a Big 4. The subject, I deal with has remained the same - tax. But yes, walking two different paths has not been easy.

Right now I am trying to adjust again to a life in a Big 4.

I shall now stick Naked Truth no 44 prominently on my cubicle wall. Thanks again.

[Marie Russell]

Robin Wolaner’s 2005 book, Naked in the Boardroom is a great, quick read, giving us a glimpse inside her corporate and personal successes and struggles that we can all benefit from. As the founder of Parenting magazine, Wolaner spent her entire career in media starting as a secretary at Penthouse and quickly worked her way up through the ranks at Mother Jones, Sunset, Time Inc. and CNET to president and vice president levels. She reveals 80 “naked truths” that she learned throughout her career, baring her corporate soul so other women can learn from her successes and missteps. Some of my favorites include:

· Business is personal
· Terrible things can happen to a woman in business; the victims let it ruin their careers, the victors move on.
· You can learn the most from antimentors, whose bad behavior you vow never to emulate.
· Women are damned as aggressive if we negotiate for more pay, and damnably underpaid if we don’t. Force yourself to negotiate, and learn how.
· Your most valuable asset is the favor bank. Help others and they will help you.

For anyone trying to raise funds for a start-up, Wolaner shares her roller coaster ride and tips in attracting money for Parenting in the last chapter of the book. After great persistence and effort on her part, she was funded by Time Inc. for $5M and 49% of the company, one of the first projects of its kind to be funded by Time Inc. Naked in the Boardroom is great reading for women at all career levels.

Marie Russell
Founder, Executive Pie

[Daphne]

This book is great for all women! I was recently let go from a job for bringing emotions into the workplace. This was something that I thought enhanced my decision making skills. I was told to just agree with the ideas others had, even if I knew them to be wrong. I told them I would not do that and was let go. I spent so much time questioning my abilities since then. This book has built my self esteem again. Thanks so much!

[museweaver]

Hi Robin,
I just finished your book---really, realy liked it. Have you considered turning it into a series of seminars? The content really lends itself to workshops for young women on the rise.
Really good story telling voice that I gladly followed.
Thanks
Marla Miller
www.marketingthemuse.com