All the Cool Girls Get Fired
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An indispensable tool for bouncing back'—Naomi Watts
'The setback is a setup'—Oprah Winfrey
'Will reboot you when you need it the most'—Rose Byrne
So, you got fired, laid off, restructured, canned. Welcome to the club, baby! In today’s seismically changing job market, getting fired doesn’t automatically meet you failed; it’s a rite of passage.
With their decades of experience in high-stakes leadership roles, Laura Brown and Kristina O’Neill know firsthand the challenges—and thrilling opportunities—that come with losing a job, no matter where you are in your career. They’ve been through the shock, grief, anger, and confusion, and they’re here to help you navigate the experience. All the Cool Girls Get Fired is both a roadmap and a mindset shift—a pragmatic, empowering and humorous way to make lemonade from lemons.
With candor, humor, actionable advice, and exclusive “I’ve been there,” interviews from inspirational women, All the Cool Girls Get Fired challenges outdated corner office perceptions of career success. From coping mechanisms and self-care practices to networking strategies and reinvention techniques, the book is a comprehensive GPS to navigate the path of career recovery and bounce back with more professional mojo than ever.
Laura Brown (Author)
Laura Brown is a journalist and author. She is the founder of LB Media, which forges relationships between fashion/media brands and influential figures to benefit global health and culture. With this mission, she also chairs the HIV non-profit (RED)'s Creative Council. In her previous position as Editor in Chief of InStyle, Brown’s inclusive, warm and witty worldview brought the brand unprecedented global attention. Before joining InStyle, Brown was Executive Editor of Harper’s BAZAAR, with prior senior editor roles at Details and W.
Brown earned her B.A in Arts and Communication from Charles Sturt University in New South Wales, Australia. She lives in Manhattan with her husband.
Kristina O'Neill (Author)
Kristina O'Neill is the head of Sotheby’s Media and editor in chief of Sotheby’s Magazine. Previously, she was editor in chief of WSJ. Magazine, executive editor of Harper’s Bazaar, and held earlier editorial roles at New York Magazine and Time Out New York. She sits on the board of Toteme and is an ambassador for Citymeals on Wheels. A graduate of NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, she serves on the Alumni Council. O’Neill lives in Brooklyn with her family.