For Women, Success in Career Advancement Can Be as Simple As Asking For Help From An Older, Wiser Woman, Says 'Iron Butterfly' Author Birute Regine

Online, June 17, 2010 (Newswire.com) - In this dismal job market, women who are looking for a new job or career opportunity-whether she be a young person just entering the business world, a mom returning to the workforce, or a middle aged or older woman re-inventing herself professionally- need to reach out and ask for the help, advice, reference or other connections. Surprise: most successful women are not just willing but even in eager to help other women succeed. But finding the right mentor, advocate or "rabbi" means actually asking for help, in a way that appeals to these perennially busy role models.

According to Dr. Regine, author of Iron Butterflies: Women Transforming Themselves and The World, it is important to know that women, individually and in groups and organizations, can be remarkably cooperative and effective in helping each other to garner better jobs or careers, whether to climb the corporate ladder or to build successful businesses. "All you have to is reach out for the help," adds Dr. Regine. "The imperative is for women is to ask for what they need. And also for women who are in a position to help to consciously make the time to do so, whether just for one-time advice or for a full-on mentorship." Dr. Regine, (her Harvard doctorate is in human development) spent 25 years as a psychotherapist in private practice and now works as an executive / life coach, facilitator, speaker and author. She has also co-authored the critically acclaimed The Soul at Work: Embracing Complexity Science for Business Success with her husband, noted science writer Roger Lewin.

In Iron Butterflies Dr. Birute puts femininity and masculinity in context and explores what it truly means to be a successful woman today. She has been able to point out key examples of how women together can help each other become "Iron Butterflies" and in what she terms a new "Era of Women" bring greater balance and well-being to a world that she believes is clearly sorely out of balance. "Just watch the news and you can't help but agree," she comments.

Through the author's brilliant overview, sage observations and candid stories of the 60 female role models interviewed, including a congresswoman, a governor, a former prime minister, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, a winemaker, CEOs, artists, doctors, nurses the owner of a women's football team and many others, Iron Butterflies paints a picture of revolutionary changes taking place nationally and globally. In one notable instance, an aboriginal elder in Perth, Australia told her, "Women hold the wisdom, men hold the love. "She had it right; we have it all backwards!' That was an Aha moment that set Birute on a journey of uncovering women's wisdom. We also invite you to visit www.ironbutterflies.com

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