Girl on Top

Publisher's Summary. Nicole Williams is the tell-it-like-it-is career expert who you wish could fight your work battles for you. But with her ingenious approach-taking the tactics used to land a man and applying them to your career-you'll be able to handle any work situation and come out on top. Here, Nicole introduces twenty tried-and-true dating rules such as "Don't Give Away the Milk for Free" and "Don't Waste the Pretty" and reveals how they can be applied just as effectively in the office.

Review. Every so often a “Eureka” moment comes along that flicks the proverbial light switch in the human brain to the “on position.” Girl on Top is the end product of author Nicole Williams’ “Eureka” insight. Williams, after being newly-single, had a “Eureka” moment while reading dating advice books. Her epiphany was that many of “The Rules” for romantic relationships were equally applicable to the 9-5 world.

Williams declares, “Dating rules turned career strategies . . . [are] everything you need to be the Girl on Top!” Each chapter explores how the identified dating rule applies to the modern day work world. Reading Girl on Top is like listening to a mash-up of the Dating Rules Hall of Fame with chapters on “Treat Him Mean, Keep Him Keen;” “Don’t Giveaway the Milk For Free;” “Don’t Waste the Pretty;” “Play Hard to Get;” “Be Willing to Walk Away;” and many more.

Williams’ conversational girlfriend to girlfriend delivery is smart, savvy, and witty, but also contains language that may offend some readers. Other readers may take issue with some her suggestions. Williams deflects these criticisms by summarizing Girl on Top as “an easy-to-get-your-head around way of thinking about your job, in a language that we’re already familiar with, in a context that makes the mind-numbing boring theory of career a little more fun.”

Girl on Top is an entertaining tome on a serious subject!




Publisher: Center Street; 1 edition (October 12, 2009), 208 pages
Review Copy Provided Courtesy of the Publisher.