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""PLAYING FOR KEEPS in business provides a ""cheat sheet"" for success. THERESE ALLISON, A GROUNDBREAKING PIONEER OF EXECUTIVE WOMEN, SHARES HER SIXTEEN PEARLS OF WISDOM THAT SHE USED OVER 35 YEARS OF BUSINESS AND LIFE - WHICH ANY PERSON CAN ADOPT TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS. ""Business adventures and a bold family's history merge in this compelling, entertaining and fact-filled narrative...the author weaves clear personal leadership take-aways into her own challenges and aspirations, with links back to the compelling history of her predecessors in her family..."" - Bruce Craven - Faculty, Columbia Business School, Executive Education. ""After reading ""PLAYING FOR KEEPS"", I went through several rounds of interviews for two DA's offices. Out of 100 applicants, I was fortunate to be offered both jobs. ""The whole time I was thinking of your tips to success, especially at times when I was the only female in the room. I kept telling myself ""people work with people they like, so just be likeable!!!"". - Kaitlin R. ""Therese Allison presents us with a book that is in part a family memoir and in part an insight into the mindset of an extremely successful businesswoman. I laughed, I cried and I scribbled down lessons I wanted to learn. This intimate biography is inspiring and timeless. If you have ever dreamed of retiring at 43 and wondered how you can achieve such a thing, then this is a book you can't afford to pass by. ""- Artisan Book Review

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I couldn't put it down. Playing for Keeps is a winner. I found myself picking the book up when I had any free time, even if I only had 10 minutes between conference calls! Picked this book up to keep me occupied on a long trip home. Boy, did it! I found the business stories juxtaposed with California history fascinating. It's unusual to find a California family that goes back four generations, but the Allisons - past and present - certainly have made their mark on the state. I laughed, I cried, I'm inspired, I'm motivated Therese's Pearls of Wisdom are worth posting on the refrigerator to be read and re-read!

"""I couldn't put it down."" ""Playing for Keeps is a winner."" ""I found myself picking the book up when I had any free time, even if I only had 10 minutes between conference calls! """"Picked this book up to keep me occupied on a long trip home. Boy, did it! I found the business stories juxtaposed with California history fascinating. It's unusual to find a California family that goes back four generations, but the Allisons - past and present - certainly have made their mark on the state."" ""I laughed, I cried, I'm inspired, I'm motivated"" ""Therese's ""Pearls of Wisdom"" are worth posting on the refrigerator to be read and re-read!"""

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Therese Allison started her career in the insurance brokerage field in 1987. In the 1990's she became a partner in McKenna & Associates, a firm with close ties to Lloyd's of London. AON Corporation bought McKenna & Associates in 1998. Therese became an Executive Vice President for AON's National Healthcare Practice. She received a Bachelor's Degree from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. In 2004, Therese retired to stay home with her three children. She currently lives in. Huntington Beach, California.

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