- Paperback: 350 pages
- Publisher: Ecademy Press (5 Jan 2012)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1907722645
- ISBN-13: 978-1907722646
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 1.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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Dancing Round the Handbags® is a more than a self-development book for hard-working women. It is a catalyst for balancing the way we work and live. Using the metaphor of the 'handbag' and the 'dance', it supports you to create clarity about dancing to your own tunes whilst maintaining balance between work and life. The Dance is a metaphor for what women do each day; dance to the tunes of others. The multiple roles of mother, wife, boss, friend, daughter, lover, cook, and colleague, means that a woman sometimes dances to too many tunes all at once, resulting in little time to explore her own music. The handbag in this book is a metaphor for being a woman and each item in the handbag represents a different facet of who she is. In this life-changing book, Lynne stops the music for a while, removes you from the dancefloor of life, opens up the handbag that is you, and encourages you to explore your potential and balance. By the end you will have de-cluttered, re-packed and renewed the handbag that is you, and be ready to step back onto the dancefloor of life to at last dance to your own music.
About the Author
Lynne is Managing Director of The Worklife Company an organisation that she formed 14 years ago after leaving a senior role in HP where she was Head of Marketing Communication. She is a leader with extensive experience in business coaching organisational development communication and culture change across a wide range of organisations and industries. She is passionate about achieving business success by releasing potential of people through effective leadership, communication, culture and inclusion. Lynne is an internationally recognised expert in communication and diversity; an inspiring speaker and coach who not only creates motivation for change, but delivers solutions relevant to today's business, people and customer environments. She has worked with companies like Ernst & Young, Google, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Birmingham City Council, the Police and the Armed Forces.She has appeared on the BBC Money programme, BBC Radio and is retained by many organisations as a regular speaker at international business events. Lynne's public speaking topics include: The Future of Work, Worklife Balance & Wellbeing, career development for women and Women in Leadership. Lynne has designed and run a number of Leadership development programmes including High Impact Communication and TimeOut.Lynne is retained as an executive coach for a number of companies, and is an active member of The Association of Coaching, the International Coaching Federation, Association of NLP, The ILM and a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD. She has just completed her masters in Coaching and her Master Practioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). Lynne also writes for many publications and has recently published her own book 'I'm Glad I spent More Time at Work' and in October will launch 'Dancing Round the Handbags®' and next year plans to write a new leadership book for the 21st century Leaders. www.theworklifecompany.com
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I love this book. It has depth without overwhelm. My usual "yes but what about this part" stays quiet and I find myself beginning the exercises as I read them, even in the areas I can usually slide around and avoid. A book that's entertaining with great information, well-envisioned metaphors and a good story to follow. I have already gone further and had greater insights than I ever have before and I'm motivated to do even more.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book but had wondered whether to get it for my Kindle. However, there's lots of Q and A exercises to take part in so I'm glad I got it in book format. I started my business with great experience to do what I do and very little experience about how to run a business and balance it with my life outside of it. This book has helped me get a better balance.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Just over 16 years ago, the author of this new book for women, Dancing Round the Handbags, had a vision of a different life, of removing herself from the overloaded, overwhelming life that she was leading as a senior executive and a mother of two. Crawling exhausted into her bed one night, she dreamed that she would write this book, and her dream - along with a new life - has finally come to fruition. As a result, we are all better off; it is a fabulously uplifting and empowering book of resources to help hard-working women step back from the turmoil around them, reflect on what they want to achieve, and go on to `dance their best life'.
From the vibrant magenta of the cover to the words of wisdom within, this book sparkles. The construct is an extremely clever one: the handbag is a metaphor for every woman, with the contents representative of a different aspect of her being - her diary is a metaphor for her time, for instance, her lipstick for the masks she wears, and her tissues for her health, amongst other items to be found in the depths of her handbag. I was particularly struck by the metaphor of the `snack' - the personal and professional development which women need in order to be nourished and replenished. It is a captivating and memorable set of images which will strike home to any woman seeking a way to make her life make more sense. A poignant and powerful - and ultimately inspiring - imaginary narrative runs through the text, helping the reader to make connections with her own story.
This is an incredibly practical book, crammed full of exercises and tools to help women learn about themselves and evaluate their lives. It takes the reader systematically through each item in her `handbag', beginning with a look at what kind of dance she is dancing in her life, and how all the contents of her handbag will help her to dance the dance she longs to dance. It encourages the reader to spend time on herself, reflecting on who she really is, and what she really wants to do, and then helps her to see how she might do it. Its aim is to help women declutter - at the end of each chapter a useful action plan focuses the mind on what we should BAG (Bin, Add or Get) - and it exudes a warmth, vitality and reality which will make you believe that it is all possible.
This book lives up to its intention of being a `catalyst for balancing the way we work and live' and it is hugely uplifting. Take pleasure in your own dance through its pages!
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From the vibrant magenta of the cover to the words of wisdom within, this book sparkles. The construct is an extremely clever one: the handbag is a metaphor for every woman, with the contents representative of a different aspect of her being - her diary is a metaphor for her time, for instance, her lipstick for the masks she wears, and her tissues for her health, amongst other items to be found in the depths of her handbag. I was particularly struck by the metaphor of the `snack' - the personal and professional development which women need in order to be nourished and replenished. It is a captivating and memorable set of images which will strike home to any woman seeking a way to make her life make more sense. A poignant and powerful - and ultimately inspiring - imaginary narrative runs through the text, helping the reader to make connections with her own story.
This is an incredibly practical book, crammed full of exercises and tools to help women learn about themselves and evaluate their lives. It takes the reader systematically through each item in her `handbag', beginning with a look at what kind of dance she is dancing in her life, and how all the contents of her handbag will help her to dance the dance she longs to dance. It encourages the reader to spend time on herself, reflecting on who she really is, and what she really wants to do, and then helps her to see how she might do it. Its aim is to help women declutter - at the end of each chapter a useful action plan focuses the mind on what we should BAG (Bin, Add or Get) - and it exudes a warmth, vitality and reality which will make you believe that it is all possible.
This book lives up to its intention of being a `catalyst for balancing the way we work and live' and it is hugely uplifting. Take pleasure in your own dance through its pages!
(Review posted originally on [...])
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Inspirational for a daughter
My mother had a dream to write this book many years ago, and I am so happy and proud to say that she has finally done it! Read more
Published 14 days ago by Cat Watson
Simply Marvellous!
This book was a revelation to me.
Beautifully written with lots of exercises and practical help for the woman of today. Read more
Beautifully written with lots of exercises and practical help for the woman of today. Read more
Published 15 days ago by S. Thurlbeck
Inspiration!
I am only about half way through the book - it's great for picking up for a bit and putting down for a few days, whilst absorbing the information and thinking about how it relates... Read more
Published 21 days ago by Deborah
Inspirational book, a "must have" for all Women!
This is such an inspirational book from Lynne Copp, which every Women should have on their book shelf! Read more
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