New York Times Bestseller How women can make it to the top by adopting the new rules of leadership Women hold just 11 percent of the most senior-level leadership positions in U.S. Corporations-a number that hasn't changed in over 30 years. How can women break through? Break Your Own Rules distills the six faulty assumptions (or and "rules and ") most women follow that get in the way-then delivers the correlating new rules that promise to clear that path. For example, the old rule of and "Focus on Others and " must be replaced by and "Take Center Stage, and " and "Hard Work Will Get You There and " must yield to and "Be Politically Savvy. and " and "Play It Safe and " must give way to and "Play to Win. and " and "Ask Permission and " must be replaced by and "Proceed Until Apprehended. and " This hands-on guide is for women who are ready to transform their assumptions and join the senior ranks of American business.