How to Say It For Women:
Communicating with Confidence and
Power Using the Language of
Success by Phyllis Mindell
Not Just For Women
Phyllis Mindell, an acclaimed expert on professional communications,
shows women how to transform themselves by transforming their
language; shed weak words, phrases, and gestures; empower themselves
to win attention and respect; and get their ideas across with confidence
and power. Perhaps the best teacher of how the power of language can
transform is an unexpected one: Charlotte the spider of E.B. Whites,
Charlottes Web. Mindell demonstrates how Charlotte communicated
messages that gained national attention and saved a friends life. As a
model, she combines female strengths of wisdom and compassion with the
determination and power to make a difference. As part of Prentice Hall
Presss highly successful How to Say It tm series, How to Say It tm for

Women is packed with practical tips, techniques, and examples that arm
women to grapple with every communication issue, from choosing the right
word or sentence to speaking, reading, writing, leading, dressing, and
interviewing effectively. Readers will learn how to: shun words that
weaken messages and make women invisible; sail through interviews;
assess and develop leadership skills; say NO, kindly but firmly; respond
appropriately to slurs, insults, and harassment; say the one winning word
that gets people to follow directions. True stories about women in every
field, along with quotes from Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Carla Hills, Amelia
Earhart, Elizabeth Dole and others, enable women to tap the power of
words to persuade, motivate, establish authority, and make a difference--
without sacrificing their integrity, their compassion, or their femininity.
Personal Review: How to Say It For Women: Communicating
with Confidence and Power Using the Language of Success by
Phyllis Mindell
I purchased this book because of the praise of other Amazon reviewers
and I was not disappointed!
As a professional in a very male dominated field, this book truly hit home
for me - so much so that a few of the points the author made were echoes
of comments made previously by my boss about my own performance.
Women fall into many traps that undermine their credibility and this book
calls them out, one by one.
I can't tell you how often I'm on a conference call and use the words "I
think..." or "In my opinion...". Men don't use these words. Besides, they
know that's what you think - you're the one saying it! However, justifiers
such as these portray you as insecure, whether true or not. This is just
one example of the ways women inadvertently tarnish their credibility.
The author covers a vast array of topics and ways to become a stronger
leader (and this doesn't necessarily mean you have to be just like a man!):
Weak words and grammar
Presentations and speaking in front of a group
Body language
Style and dress
Reading for Power (what you read and how)
Listening
Leadership and Management
The author includes many examples to illustrate her points and provides
information that women can put to work to accelerate their careers. It is
such a useful text that it was the recommended reading selection for a
continuing education course a friend of mine recently attended. (She has
already asked to borrow my copy.) The author has been conducting
workshops on this topic for years and (sometimes humorously) includes
her observances from those classes and participants in her book. Take

advantage of her knowledge and invest in this book - you will not be
disappointed!
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