Flintridge Bookstore will host business executive, La Cañada Flintridge resident and first-time author Teena Hostovich on Thursday, Jan. 4, at 7 p.m. This event celebrates the launch of “Welcome to the Jungle: A Guide to Surviving and Thriving in Corporate America While Creating Your Dream Life.” The book shares Hostovich’s journey from reception desk to the C-Suite.
“Teena is a proven and passionate leader whose wisdom and practical advice will benefit anyone starting a career in business,” Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton said in her endorsement.
“Welcome to the Jungle” is the perfect place to learn from someone who has seen it all and has come out on top. Readers will walk away from this book feeling empowered and ready to take on the jungle and the adventure of a corporate career.
In “Welcome to the Jungle” you will discover how to:
- Lay the foundation for a successful career and life
- Navigate the hazards of corporate America
- Overcome the obstacles put in your path by others and survive toxic culture
- Combine your unique gifts with your passions and find your purpose
- Create a life where your “job” is part of an ongoing journey of discovery/impact
- Become a leader
- Deal with times of your life when you are your own biggest threat
- Achieve work/life balance and nurture your relationships and family
- Create your dream life
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Hostovich is the vice chair, Pacific, of Lockton Insurance, based in Los Angeles. She has combined her lifelong passion for the arts, history and education with her corporate responsibilities, political activism and philanthropic work. She is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative and the White House Historical Association.
President Biden recently appointed her to the President’s Advisory Committee for the Arts, and she is the co-chair of the Advisory Council to the Kennedy Center’s president and chairman. She is on the boards of the L.A. Philharmonic, the USC Marshall School of Business (her alma mater), the University of Redlands, the National Advisory Council for the American Film Institute, and an adviser for the Women’s Studies Programs at Oxford University and UVA.
In 2022, she was on the Steering Committee for Prop 28 Vote Arts and Music in California Schools, which now provides funding for arts education in public schools. Hostovich lives in La Cañada Flintridge, with her husband, Doug Martinet. Her son, Michael Martinet, attends USC.
First published in the January 4 print issue of the Outlook Valley Sun.
