Susan Allen 
Count Me In [EPUB ebook] 
A trailblazer’s triumph in a world not built for her

Prologue

Part I: The Influencers

• The Early Years


• For the Love of Dance (and Learning to Fail)


• Hard Work: Does it Always Pay Off?

Part II: Setting a Course

• Working to Live or Living to Work?


• Trauma, Growth, and Renewal


• Survive to Thrive


• The Decision to Stay

Part III: Motherhood: Learning to Troubleshoot

• Everything Changes


• Managing the Impossible

Part IV: Learning to Expect the Unexpected

• Saying ‘Yes’ to Stretch


• How Priorities are Set (What Matters Most)


• Bring Him Home

Part V: Taking a Risk or Staying Comfortable

• Daring to Say it Out Loud


• Accepting the Challenge

Part VI: The Transformation

• Do you know the way to … Silicon Valley?


• My Rise and the Tech Collapse


• Canadian, eh?

Part VII: Blazing a Trail to Pay it Forward

• Putting Your Hand Up – Be All In!


• Risk and the Matter of Perspectives


• Making a Difference: Retaining more Women in the Workplace


• Making a Difference: Promoting more Women in the Workplace


• Men: The Final Piece of the Puzzle

Part VIII: Completeness

• Global Enrichment


• Reflections of Life in the Present Lane

Afterword

Named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women and winner of Catalyst Canada’s Business Leader award, Susan Allen, FCPA, CPA, is a dedicated champion and inspiring trailblazer for women in business. Susan laid the foundation for improved hiring, retention and promotion of women at Pw C Canada while championing its diversity and inclusion efforts. In 1994, Susan was the only women promoted to partner at Pw C Canada. Ten years later, she was the first woman elected to Pw C’s Global Board. She continues to serve on four corporate boards in her retirement. Susan lives with her husband and her rescue dog Corabelle, in Mississauga, Ontario and spends her winters in Scottsdale, Arizona. She is the proud mother of two and is happiest spending time with her three grandchildren.