Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Women in Business

"How Women Are Transforming Leadership: Four Key Traits Powering Success" delves into the precise skills, characteristics, social programming, and biological designs that make women leadership naturals. Distinguished leadership author Mary Lou Decosterd identifies four key traits that enable women to excel in even the most challenging of leadership roles, and offers detailed tools and techniques for all leaders--men and women alike--to hone these same traits in themselves.

This book explores the idea that a specific set of feminine engendered skills--intuitive orientation, directive...

Laura Lowell brought together a diverse group of working moms: different cultures, industries, ages, relationships and perspectives. The contributors...

Despite the fact that women have been in the workforce for decades and in top graduate schools for years, they represent only 15 percent of corporate boards and a paltry 3 percent of CEO positions. Is it that female executives run into professional roadblocks, or do they underestimate their own abilities to succeed in a business leadership environment? Accomplished author and speaker Nicole Lindsay explores this subject in great detail, providing a gender-based roadmap for developing the knowledge, skills, and relationships to succeed in business school and beyond.

Organized into four...

WILL YOU SETTLE FOR LEAVING HALF THE WORLD'S WEALTH ON THE TABLE?

In a world where women's capital remains underused, angel investing--providing money, human capital, and expertise for start-up or early-stage companies--offers a potent opportunity for women to impact the future. The authors--all seasoned players in the global business and investment community--share their personal stories and insiders' insights in a clarion wake-up call intended to activate new women angel investors. Both inspirational and actionable, Impact With Wings is a unique book offering the necessary tools...

Turn the top 7 career breakers for women into career makers

Statistically, more than one-third of Fortune 500 managers are women-and yet we represent barely five percent of the top earners among executives. Usually, we blame it on men-those "old boy" networks that don't typically welcome women into "the club." But, according to leadership coach Rebecca Shambaugh, the real obstacle to women's advancement is not a "glass ceiling." It's the self-imposed career blocks that prevent us from moving up.

These are the 7 "sticky floors"

1. Balancing Your Work...

A Woman's Guide to Taking Her Place at the Leadership Table

"It's time for women to take their places at the leadership tables alongside men. Why? Because the skills we developed at the foot of the table--bringing people together, building bridges across differences, and thinking outside the box--are in great demand. But to use this time and...

The Second Edition of this best selling book provides a comprehensive examination of the role that gender plays in work environments. This book differs from others by comparing women's and men's work status, addressing contemporary issues within a historical perspective, incorporating comparative material from other countries, recognizing differences in the experiences of women and men from different racial and ethnic backgrounds. Relying on both qualitative and quantitative data, the authors seek to link social scientific ideas about workers' lives, sex inequality, and gender to...

- The perils of stereotypes

- The importance of leadership style

- Gender differences in the decision to seek leadership roles

- Lessons from women...

From a veteran Fortune 500 executive, how women can reach and succeed in top leadership positions

Though women hold a majority of the managerial and professional jobs in the workforce, they occupy a mere 14% of C-suite positions at Fortune 500 firms. To break through this stubborn glass ceiling, women must learn to take bold steps when career-defining moments arise. During her 33-year career at Southern Company, a Fortune 500 utility company, Becky Blalock rose to become CIO in a traditionally male industry. Now she offers her own hard-won advice, as well as that of 28 top...

Financial analyst Lesley-Anne Scorgie lays out the roadmap for young women to be financially independent and debt-free.

Whether you re financially maxed out or rolling in hundred-dollar bills, if you want to be rich, Well-Heeled is for you



As a financially independent young woman, you will have the ability to determine the direction of your career and life path, allowing you to reach your full financial potential.



So if you re ready to make more money, live debt free, and build a nest egg that can support an awesome future one that...