Lessons from the School of Hard Knocks!
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A must read for any woman who is serious about making a success of her career
And for the man who desires to understand and support her on her journey.
"It is always a pleasure to have someone or something to lean on. I certainly found that something in this book.
There I was, back home after a thirteen hour day. I was tired, irritable and in no mood for the yelling and screaming I got from my three little ones.
For a moment, I felt like succumbing to the mayhem around me, but I resisted. Something drew me to this book. I flipped the pages, and was drawn to the article entitled, "Faster and Faster we go". It took me ten minutes to read, and I got it.
I did not expect it to be balm for my soul, but it was, I did not expect a miracle to fall from the sky, but in a way it did, I did not expect things to be just perfect because they never will be, but there I was reading and thinking "YES!".
What I got was what I needed at that time – someone or something to lean on. As we grow up in age, in career, social standing and so on, we often believe that we can do it alone. I learnt a long time ago, that that is impossible. We can't do it alone. I rely a lot on women who have stood the test of time, women, as well as men, who have the experience and have run the race.
Who am I to argue with Dr Volpe when she ends her article "Faster and faster we go", by saying: "So go out there and ride those waves of change with an enhanced understanding of what is going on and, most of all, know that what you are experiencing is common to all "human beans".
Having gone through the whole book, bit-by-bit, I found myself asking many questions and re looking at the way I do and see things. That for me was the advantage of having someone or something to lean on. A book that makes you think and challenges all the stereotypical thought patterns that sometimes hold us hostage and prevent us from truly exploring the real meaning of who we are as women, where we are going, and why we are stuck in a perpetual cycle of blame and unhappiness in all areas of our lives.
Noeleen Maholwana–Sangqu
Host of the popular SABC television show - "3 Talk"
Dr Renate Volpe
Dr. Renate Volpe is an expert in the field of strategic leadership and people development. She is unique in that she has solid experience in the world of business, combined with a deep understanding of the world of academia as well as being a successful entrepreneur and author. She has spent the last 20 years specialising in the field of female career development. Renate is a renowned public speaker who is best known for her publications The Entrepreneurial Mindshift and Lessons from the School of Hard Knocks.
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Lessons from the School of Hard Knocks! - Dr Renate Volpe
Lessons from the School
of Hard Knocks!
Dr Renate Volpe
It is in our brokenness that we are beautiful.
Dr Renate Volpe
Smashwords Edition
First edition May 2007
Reprinted July 2011
© Dr Renate Volpe
www.hirs.co.za
Renate@hirs.co.za
Cover photo by Francois Van Vuuren
All rights reserved
ISBN 978-0-620-38552-7
The author Dr Renate Volpe is available for key note presentations and workshops.
email Renate at renate@hirs.co.za
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Table of Contents
Foreword
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The School of Life
Learning as we go
Changing Times
Faster and faster we go.
Gender identity and role confusion?
The power of the purse
Lessons from the Men in our Lives
Build a monster network
Good girls need to learn to ask!
The Tapestry Of Relationships
Relationship intelligence
Relationships, people management and work life balance!
Coaching at the heart of strategy
The dilemma of competence.
Personal Mastery
True empowerment through self-management.
Selfish, Self-Sacrificing or Self-Respecting?
Find the balance between personal rights and respecting others.
It’s all a Game!
Understand the context and play by the rules.
To play, or not to play?
PHD! The Pull Her Down
Syndrome?
Tell it to me straight!
Work life balance!
Work – Life - Rest!
Trapped on the treadmill of time?
Self-Esteem Imperatives
The Feminine Achilles Heel.
Please Sir May I?
Goal Setting
New Year’s Resolutions – Making them work –
Resilience
Get back on that horse!
Acknowledgements
Foreword
It is always a pleasure to have someone or something to lean on. I certainly found that something in this book.
There I was, back home after a thirteen hour day. I was tired, irritable and in no mood for the yelling and screaming I got from my three little ones.
For a moment, I felt like succumbing to the mayhem around me, but I resisted. Something drew me to this book. I flipped the pages, and was drawn to the article entitled, Faster and Faster we go
. It took me ten minutes to read, and I got it.
I did not expect it to be balm for my soul, but it was, I did not expect a miracle to fall from the sky, but in a way it did, I did not expect things to be just perfect because they never will be, but there I was reading and thinking YES!
.
What I got was what I needed at that time – someone or something to lean on. As we grow up in age, in career, social standing and so on, we often believe that we can do it alone. I learnt a long time ago, that that is impossible. We can’t do it alone. I rely a lot on women who have stood the test of time, women, as well as men, who have the experience and have run the race.
Who am I to argue with Dr Volpe when she ends her article Faster and faster we go
, by saying: So go out there and ride those waves of change with an enhanced understanding of what is going on and, most of all, know that what you are experiencing is common to all
human beans".
Having gone through the whole book, bit-by-bit, I found myself asking many questions and re looking at the way I do and see things. That for me was the advantage of having someone or something to lean on. A book that makes you think and challenges all the stereotypical thought patterns that sometimes hold us hostage and prevent us from truly exploring the real meaning of who we are as women, where we are going, and why we are stuck in a perpetual cycle of blame and unhappiness in all areas of our lives.
Noeleen Maholwana–Sangqu
Host of the popular SABC television show - 3 Talk
.
About the Author
Dr Renate Volpe
Dr Renate Volpe is a recognized expert in the arena of people development, leadership and change management. She represents a unique combination of academic ability (PHD in leadership), is a successful corporate player with thirty years of business experience (first as an employee and then as a business owner holding retainers, till the present day with blue chip companies such as Anglo American for over 20 years) as well as being a resilient and innovative, entrepreneur.
Renate Volpe began her corporate career in the world of Mining during the mid 80s, serving as a Divisional Director of the Chamber of Mines from 1986 – 1995. She was instrumental in spearheading the national launch of the Centres for Human Development for the Chamber of Mines (rendering Employee Assistance Program Services nationally.) Today these initiatives are instantly recognizable as Careways and Icas.
Renate turned entrepreneur in 1995 and founded Leadership Culture Innovators, a training and development consultancy. She is best remembered for her high profile Culture Change Initiatives, at companies such as Anglo American, IBM and Standard Bank. Long term service retainers with Nike SA, Teba, MTN, Toyota and Gerling Global appear amongst her list of prestigious clientele. Standard Bank purchased a site license to utilize her COPE
Change Management program during the 90s.
Dr Volpe holds a doctorate in the field of leadership and is a faculty member of a number of business schools such as WBS, and GIMT. She is the author of the popular read The Entrepreneurial Mind Shift
. Well known for her motivational Power Pack card series for women in business, she writes regularly for The Star - Workplace, Woman Inc, and BWA magazine. The Beeld, Business Day, Shape, Me Magazine, Aboveboard (Diligence Publishing), PMP, and Convergence, are amongst some of the publications and business journals publishing her writings. Regular TV appearances include SABC 3 Talk; Summit TV and SABC 1, Enterprise Zone. She has