Author(s): Angela Priestley

Business, Finance and Management

There are women who wait and women who don't. "I waited for things to happen to me rather than making them happen myself. It wasn't a matter of being lazy or unambitious, it was simply believing that the success I wanted would eventually arrive..." Women who Seize the Moment reveals 11 steps women should take to stop waiting for these turning points and make them happen. Coming up with excuses is easy, waiting to finish a diploma, waiting for the perfect job opening, waiting until you're 25, 30, 35, waiting to get that industry experience. However, embracing all opportunities is what will turn your career around. Angela shares stories from Janine Allis, Kerry Chikarovski, Anna Goldsworthy and Wendy McCarthy, and many more inspirational women who have made the most of their career turning points. Women still have so many challenges to overcome in order to achieve the success they want; you don't want to also be your own enemy. Society has certainly come a long way managing the competing interests of caring responsibilities with paid work, conscious and unconscious bias in the office, and battling a male-based hierarchy of leadership style that still exists in many industries.