Strategies for Being Visible doesn't give particularly new advice, but it does provide reasons why these strategies help our careers. Each chapter also provides guidelines for how to perform each step. I liked the book because it seems to have spoken to the heart of the issue-- some career women are far more modest than men, regardless of whether they're actually more qualified. The strategies not only help us speak up, but also allay our fears that voicing our opinions would be out of place. Although it's not explicitly stated in the book, the thread seems to be "if they can do it, why can't/shouldn't we." Ritchie also touches on some of the systematic biases that put the glass ceiling in place. We can't change people's biases overnight, be we can chip away at them bit by bit. For the most part, Strategies for Being Visible seems to focus specifically on cisgender (i.e. assigned female at birth and identifying as such), but trans and queer women will also find some gems in here. I took away one star because this book is full of the "same old advice" but I still highly recommend it to any woman-- just starting or otherwise-- who feels they would like to make more progress (money, responsibility, respect, etc) in their careers.
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I'd like to thank both NetGalley and John Hunt Publishing Ltd for providing the advanced reader copy.