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COVER STORY

Women with impact!

UPDATE

Conversations with Top Women of the
Automotive Industry
Carla Bailo | Terry Barclay

Carla Bailo, CEO of the Center for Automotive Research, and Terry Barclay, CEO of
Inforum, bring together over 34 of the most influential women in the automotive
industry to share their insight and advice. From suppliers to OEMs, they hail from every
corner of the industry.
Readers will learn how to take charge of their
own careers by understanding the experiences
of these professionals. Topics include:

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Work-Life Integration - How can you
be whole at home, at work, and in the
community?
Education and Lifelong Learning - Do you
really need a graduate degree?
Mentor and Sponsor Relationships - How
do you find mentors and sponsors and form
productive relationships with them?
Career Challenges - How do you evaluate
when to take career risks? How do you say
yes when all the boxes aren't checked?
Resilience - Where do you find the internal
fortitude to keep going?
Personal Satisfaction - What do these
leaders find most joyful about their careers?

The women in this book
share a passion for their
careers and a passion for
the industry. They have
encountered obstacles
and the occasional failure,
as well as successes, but
they have embraced
all of their earned
wisdom and generously
agreed to share it.
Carla Bailo and Terry Barclay

The Road to the Top is Not on the Map features female leaders who candidly share
the habits, motivations, triumphs, defeats, and lessons learned that helped them
achieve top jobs in the industry. Their insights have relevance for women at all
stages in their careers, whether it's young women interested in pursuing a career
in the auto industry, those looking for their next strategic move, or those seeking
insight and inspiration .

ISBN: 978-0-7680-0092-4

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Two highly accomplished engineers took center
stage at COMVEC 2019: Carla Bailo (left) and
Jennifer Rumsey.

Thirty-six of the most
The Road to the Top is Not
on the Map women in the
influential
automotive industry
offer their insights and
advice for colleagues,
peers, and the next
The Road to
the Top is Not
generation of women
on the Map
Conversations with Top Women of
entering the workforce
the Automotive Industry
in the new book
published by SAE, The
Road to the Top is Not
on the Map: Conversations with Top Women of the
Automotive Industry.
The book is authored by Carla Bailo, CEO of the
Center for Automotive Research (CAR), and Terry
Barclay, CEO of Inforum. The book's 36
contributors-from suppliers to OEMs to higher
education-candidly share their in-depth
perspectives on the habits, motivations, triumphs,
defeats, and lessons learned that helped them
achieve top jobs in the industry.
"The women in this book share a passion for
their careers and a passion for the industry," said
the co-authors. "They have encountered obstacles
and the occasional failure, as well as successes, but
they have embraced all their earned wisdom and
generously agreed to share it."
The book is relevant for women at all stages in
their careers by providing real-world experiences to
demonstrate how to take charge of one's career. The
contributors offer poignant insights on such topics as
career challenges, education and lifelong learning,
mentor and sponsor relationships, personal
satisfaction, resilience, and work-life integration.
The Road to the Top is Not on the Map  | Bailo | Barclay

WOMEN WITH
IMPACT!

The road to the top for women

Cover image used under license from Shutterstock.com/Sergey Nivens

any available part-time, off-shift, or remote
positions available, so I ended up working
outside of industry for a while. Becoming
involved in leadership at the SAE Section
level helped transition me back to the
industry I'm so passionate about, but again
now after a layoff I find myself being pulled
in the direction of education, which seems to
be the point at which we lose out on a lot of
potential STEM talent.
The path to becoming a female engineer
is fraught with challenges, but not
necessarily specific to the female condition.
Requirements of engineers include a high
degree of intelligence, common sense, and

Carla Bailo | Terry Barclay

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