Jessica Bacal

The perfect gift and conversation starter for women who talk about dealing with failure and accepting not being perfect, this book features fascinating interviews with twenty-five women, including Keri Smith, Angela Duckworth, and Roz Chast, about triumphing over career setbacks and challenges. Jessica Bacal, the author of Mistakes I Made at Work, is a well-respected career-development professional at Smith College.

In Mistakes I Made at Work, 25 high-achieving and influential women across a variety of fields share their worst on-the-job moments, and how they used those missteps as learning experiences to build a successful career.