It’s time to look at failure in a new light.
Have you experienced failure at work? Serious setbacks can sting but can also be the best thing that ever happened to you if you turn them into stepping stones that help you reach new heights. Aim High and Bounce Back looks at why failure can be particularly devastating for women, sparking disappointment and embarrassment, and offers a three-step framework to turn career setbacks into a master class in what it takes to succeed.
Authors Fiona Macaulay, an award-winning entrepreneur and adjunct faculty at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, and Deborah Grayson Riegel, an executive coach and leading business school instructor, tap into their vast, global network of resilient and high-profile professional women and share empowering examples of women overcoming failure and finding new paths to success using tools, strategies, and mindset shifts to embrace the powerful lessons that failure can bring. Aim High and Bounce Back is an essential guide for any leader who wants to raise her game professionally.
ABOUT DEBORAH GRAYSON RIEGEL
Deb is an executive coach, keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, and consultant who helps leaders and teams communicate with less stress and greater successes. She has been an instructor of leadership communication at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia Business School’s Women in Leadership Program, and Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. She writes for Harvard Business Review, Psychology Today, and Inc. and is the author of (now) ten books on leadership, communication, and mental well-being. Deb and her husband, Michael, live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and are the proud parents of twins, Jacob and Sophie, and their rescue pit bull, Nash. When Deb isn’t working, she is traveling, cooking, reading,
and singing show tunes out loud.
ABOUT FIONA M. MACAULAY
Fiona is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, and executive coach who helps Fortune 500 leaders transform failure into competitive advantage through resilience and strategic risk-taking. She is the founder and CEO of the award-winning Women for Impactful Leadership Development (WILD) Network, connecting twenty-five thousand leaders across one hundred countries, and serves as professor and entrepreneur-in-
residence at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. Recognized among the top 1 percent of women entrepreneurs in the United States and honored by Thinkers50, Fiona has been featured in The New York Times, Fortune, and Oprah magazine and serves on boards, including Junior Achievement Worldwide. Fiona and her husband live in Washington, DC, and are the proud parents of their daughters. When Fiona isn’t transforming leaders or building impactful organizations, she is leading Next Chapter walking retreats and working to maintain her competitive tennis game.
