Real women, real leaders : surviving and succeeding in the business world

Real women, real leaders : surviving and succeeding in the business world / Kathleen Hurley and Priscilla Shumway, editors.

"Plan your path to leadership with insight from real women at thetop In Real Women, Real Leadership, twenty-four women leadersdescribe their personal journeys to the top, providing deep insightand a fascinating perspective on "making it" as a woman in themale-dominated business enviro...

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Other Authors: Hurley, Kathleen (Kathleen Mary), Shumway, Priscilla
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2015]
Subjects:
Women executives > Case studies.
Women in the professions > Case studies.
Leadership in women > Case studies.
Career development.
Success in business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Leadership.
Career development
Leadership in women
Success in business
Women executives
Women in the professions
dissertations.
Case studies
Case studies.
Academic theses.
Études de cas.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Table of Contents:
  • Real Women, Real Leaders Surviving and Succeeding in the Business World; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface; A Note from Kathy Hurley; 1 Leadership Journey: Skill or Personal Mission?; So Why This Book? Why Now?; 2 Inspires and Motivates Others; Grit, Fire, and Wisdom; Takes Initiative; From School Lunch Lady to Union Leader; Communicates Powerfully; Inspires and Motivates; Caring Enough to Try; Inspires and Motivates Others; Builds Relationships; Superwoman's View; Drives for Results; Collaboration and Teamwork; Living and Breathing the Vision; Innovates; Champions Change.
  • 3 Takes InitiativeControlling the Checkbook; Drives for Results; Technical or Professional Expertise; From a Small Farm to the Wider World; Communicates Powerfully; Solves Problems; Life After the Fortune 500; Drives for Results; Technical or Professional Expertise; From the Military to High Tech; Collaboration and Teamwork; Drives for Results; Good and Bad Luck on the Road to Leadership; Champions Change; Collaboration and Teamwork; 4 Displays High Integrity and Honesty; Making the World a Better Place; Innovates; Builds Relationships; Leadership Journey; Takes Initiative; Drives for Results.
  • Mentoring by Others and for OthersPractices Self-Development; Develops Others; Initiative and Integrity as a Woman of Color; Drives for Results; Displays High Integrity and Honesty; 5 Builds Relationships; Me and a Bunch of Men-Now What?!; Builds Relationships; Inspires and Motivates Others; Reinventing Myself; Builds Relationships; Champions Change; Technical and Professional Expertise; Overcoming Obstacles and Giving Back; Practices Self-Development; Develops Others; 6 Collaboration and Teamwork; Working Harder Than Anyone Else; Collaboration and Teamwork; Takes Initiative.
  • The Courage to Make a DifferenceBuilds Relationships; Champions Change; The Power of Self-Belief; Collaboration and Teamwork; Inspires and Motivates Others; 7 Drive for Results; The Lesson of My Father; Inspires and Motivates Others; Develops Others; A Poor Kid Who Caught a Lucky Break; Practices Self-Development; Champions Change; Develops Others; My Secret Leadership Sauce; Inspires and Motivates Others; Builds Relationships; 8 Develops Strategic Perspective; Leadership Self-Assessment; A Study in Leadership: Women Do It Better Than Men; Resources; About the Editors; Index; EULA.

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