Mika Brzezinski
World affairs have been a constant presence in Mika Brzezinski’s life. The daughter of former National Security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, she is the co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe. As the Democrat to her partner Joe Scarborough’s Republican, Brzezinski spends each weekday morning debating the headlines of the day with a roundtable of political insiders, journalists, and newsmakers.
TIME magazine has called Morning Joe “revolutionary.” The New York Times ranked it as the top news show in 2008, and a 2010 follow-up praised Brzezinski and Scarborough’s natural repartee and off the cuff commentary. Her presentations give audiences a smart, savvy, and insightful perspective on the news of the day and an inside look behind the scenes of a hit morning show.
Repeat Best-Selling Author. Mika Brzezinski is a best-selling author. Her fourth and most recent best-selling book, Grow Your Value: Living and Working to Your Full Potential, is a…
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- Know and Grow Your Value
In her first book, the New York Times bestseller All Things At Once, Mika Brzezinski offered an honest look at professional setbacks and shared a pragmatic approach to achieving a work-life balance. Now, with her second and fourth books, she addresses one of the most complicated aspects of a woman’s career. Knowing Your Value and Grow Your Value tackle perceptions of value and how successful women today have achieved their deserved recognition and financial worth in the workplace. With her vast experience dealing with current events and hot topics through hosting Morning Joe and through navigating her own career, Brzezinski addresses offers informative and entertaining insights woven together with the latest research and polling issues such as equal pay, women in the boardroom, and access to start-up capital in order to create a highly relevant look into women’s perceived value in the office—and how they can increase their worth both professionally, personally, and financially. - Women in the Workplace: You Can Have It All
A powerful, funny, and moving presentation from a woman who has faced ups and downs and literal tumbles on her career trajectory. Mika Brzezinski has now found her voice as the co-host of Morning Joe, but it wasn’t always so easy. Citing personal stories from her quest to find the work-life balance, Brzezinski presents tools and techniques for success at home and on the job. - Headlines and Hot Topics
The co-hosts MSNBC's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski offer a thoughtful, dynamic, and fast-paced perspective on the current political and media landscape. With the same natural repartee and off-the-cuff commentary they display each morning on television, Joe and Mika reveal a true passion for discussing and debating the news and laughing about its absurdities. Joe, the former Republican congressman, and Mika, daughter of Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter, are candid in their views and opinions, and praised for their insight and experienc
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