With StrategyBOOST, I get no-nonsense, straight-on advice that helps me focus on what really matters. For me, it is a great sounding board – helps to work through ideas, get unstuck, abandon the unproductive rut, and head off into a new territory. I’m not change averse but, like many, it’s hard to know what direction to go sometimes. StrategyBOOST helps create a plan-of-action that makes sense, and then helps to plot out the manageable stages to make it happen.

Catha Smith,
Director of Admission and Financial Aid, York School, Monterey, California, USA.

I was excited to have the opportunity to participate in Shirley’s research on working mothers because the unique challenge of a professional mum’s struggle for a work-life balance is a passionate interest of mine. I have been fortunate to have an inspiring role model in my own mother, a medical specialist, but am aware that many of my peers and patients do not have access to anything like this for both personal and professional advise. Shirley is an enthusiastic champion of women’s ability to achieve their full potential across all of life’s domains, and is a wonderful sounding board and resource for anyone grappling with these issues.

Karen Spielman,
Physician, Sydney, Australia

The fact that Shirley Kurnoff is a working mother herself is important to me – only a woman knows how to multi task, and somehow a man expects us to multi-task. Sometimes my workday gets out of control being a working mom with young kids, and we break down the days into smaller components. She helps me prioritize, and how to juggle it all. Shirley is very good at suggesting how I alter the way I focus, and encourages me to look at the big picture with a different lens. Not necessarily being stuck on the wrong train, more just getting on another one!

Multitasking is an understatement when it comes to the lives of women in business. Women Make It Work offers sound advice and stories for upping your game in this female juggling act. A must read for those of us running in a million directions at 100 miles an hour!

Jesse Draper,
Host, Writer and Producer of The Valley Girl Show

As a former “I think I have to do it ALL perfectly” woman, I highly recommend Women Make It Work. Whether you work full time, part time, some time, or, formally, not at all, this book has advice you need.  Some of my favorite advice is the reassurance to UNPLUG in this era where technology has no boundaries.  After reading this book, I have created them for myself, and my family.  Shirley provides us with some super strategies to follow and to not feel guilty for doing so.

­­Dina Eastwood,
Freelance Journalist, Overtone Band Manager, mother, and wife of Clint