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A little over a week ago, I had the pleasure to hear a dynamic speaker at the Joseph Center’s 2010 Economic Empowerment Summit. The speaker was Carla Harris. She is a successful Wall Street executive and also an accomplished gospel singer. Ms. Harris’ style was direct and funny, yet forceful and caused you to hang on every word. As a woman who has at times stumbled in the workplace, I welcomed her anecdotes and advice. In the book Expect to Win: Proven Strategies for Success from a Wall Street Vet, she has outlined ten strategies and ends each chapter with “pearls”. The attendees at the conference were blessed to hear about five of the strategies. One of my favorites was “Perception Is the Co-pilot to Reality”. Carla explained how you can train people to think about you the way you want them to think. Another favorite was “Authenticity”. I loved how she exclaimed that you are your own competitive advantage and when you bring that to the table, people will invest. The book covers eight more strategies. Another plus for the conference attendees, was Carla’s graciousness to answer questions on topics such as interviewing, deciding which business to go into and how to get a book published.

Here’s the Synopsis:
One of Wall Street's most powerful and lauded women shares her strategies for long-term success in any career

While climbing the corporate ladder, Carla Harris sought career advice from her mentors and superiors but found some of the counsel too nonspecific. As Carla's career advanced, she discovered the key survival tools to business success and vowed that when she reached senior management and people came to her for advice she would provide them with specific, play-by-play answers about what they needed to do to fulfill their career potential.

Each chapter in Expect to Win includes Carla's "pearls"— lessons Harris has acquired during her twenty years of working on Wall Street that can help contribute to career success by aiding readers in navigating the day-to-day complexities and challenges of the workplace.

Carla Harris is a Wall Street veteran. She executed the IPOs for UPS, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, and Redback, as well as the $3.2 billion common stock transaction for Immunex, one of the largest biotech common stock offerings in U.S. history. Expect to Win is a must-read for anyone seeking battle-tested tools to triumph over common career challenges and to achieve maximum success in any field.

I’m looking forward to reading about Carla’s missteps and triumphs and putting them into practice in my professional life.

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