By Lin Coughlin, Ellen Wingard, Keith Hollihan
ISBN-10: 078797787X
ISBN-13: 9780787977870
ISBN-10: 0787979317
ISBN-13: 9780787979317
How are ladies reworking the perform of management within the twenty first century? Enlightened strength is a first-of-a-kind booklet that solutions this question--and without end adjustments the conventional notions regarding girls in leadership. The booklet beneficial properties the accrued knowledge of forty influential women and men who symbolize the main compelling voices within the box, together with: Dynamic company leaders akin to Eileen Fisher (founder, Eileen Fisher, Inc.), Barbara Corcoran (founder and chairman, The Corcoran Group), and Pat Mitchell (president and CEO, PBS) Trailblazing ladies from different arenas resembling politics (Ambassador Swanee Hunt), the army (Rear Admiral Deborah A. Loewer, USN), and activities (U.S. Olympian Marilyn King) well known concept leaders comparable to Riane Eisler, Rayona Sharpnack, Sally Helgesen, Peggy Klaus, Bruce Patton, Nancy J. Adler, and Gail Evans modern teachers, activists, executives, marketers, and practitioners
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This study illustrates the value of gender-specific research. It shows that economics cannot be understood, or effectively changed, without attention to other core cultural components—and that a 28 ENLIGHTENED POWER central cultural component is the social construction of gender roles and relations. Nordic nations such as Finland, Sweden, and Norway are particularly interesting in connection with what happens as women make strong gains. 5 Why? Because their policies give value and fiscal support to the stereotypically feminine work of caregiving.
They are also subjected to expectations—explicit and tacit—that their performance must meet higher standards than other leaders in the organization. This can lead to higher stress levels, which in turn can affect productivity, motivation, and effectiveness. INTRODUCTION 11 Even in the absence of overtly discriminatory practices and in the presence of laudable policies promoting equity and diversity, these four pervasive dynamics combine to derail disproportionate numbers of qualified women, preventing them from reaching levels that are commensurate with their potential.
In order to reach the summits of life, you need people with whom you can talk candidly and to whom you can pour out your troubles. I was blessed to know both Katherine Graham and Meg Greenfield of the Washington Post and could see that their close friendship inspired each of them to become the best in their field. At our Women and Power seminar at the Kennedy School, the attendees prize their breakfasts together. All the participants are women, and they are divided into groups of five. Each morning at breakfast, one woman plays CEO and the others serve as her board.
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