Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Women in Business

In Power Up: How Smart Women Win in the New Economy, Yesil urges women to look beyond the alarming gender statistics of the workplace and feel confident entering tech or any field-but also...

For centuries, almost all economic activity was family-based. The family business rested on the division of labor among family members. Therefore the family was both socially and economically the foundation of the family business. Families were not only production units, but also education and consumption units that conveyed norm structures, values and professional identity to next generation. Although female family members have always been active participants in family businesses over the centuries, their role has often been neglected in previous studies.

The unifying theme of this book is women's employment success with the objective of profiling supportive public policy for women in global contexts from Atlantic Canada to Western Europe, Australia and China. It studies the example of first generation women's careers in the Atlantic Canada region, rapidly undergoing economic restructuring. In the cases of Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, Switzerland and Finland, active state policy in support of diverse workforces includes women's advancement beyond middle management and professional positions. The collection of cases combines a view...

Are you smart and accomplished but find yourself asking if you have settled for the lesser choice? Do you find yourself questioning if this is good enough for me? Are you seeking answers to why you are hesitant to lead?

DIVA DECISIONS: How to Get from SMART to INTELLIGENT by Claiming Your POWER of CHOICE is written for smart, modern career women and workforce-ready girls of all ages who want confidence and the skills to make more intelligent choices. Using life and leadership coaching methods, tools and resources, you are challenged to think, question and claim your broader intellect...

Even though you may not see yourself as a leader, you too can take on inspirational leadership roles in your world, and be a catalyst for insight, growth and positive change.

This practical guide will help you to:

- Uncover your unique personal traits and leadership qualities

- Find the deeper reason for everything you do

- Navigate the uneven playing field in which you travel

- Understand the challenges of combining parenting and career

- Embrace valuable tools to sustain yourself on your leadership journey.

This book will inspire you to empower...

This book outlines a complex, nuanced, dynamic tool kit of interrelated factors that are key to propelling aspiring women into the C-Suite. These factors, some tangible, some intangible, can be used by business and professional woman as tools that they can actively cultivate as a means of empowering their efforts towards success in both their lives and careers. Each factor, or tool, is documented by research, and described in detail with examples.

A bold and inspiring memoir and manifesto from a renowned voice in the women's leadership movement who shows women how to cultivate the single skill they really need in order to thrive: the ability to let go.

Once the poster girl for doing it all, after she had her first child, Tiffany Dufu struggled to accomplish everything she thought she needed to in order to succeed. Like so many driven and talented women who have been brought up to believe that to have it all, they must do it all, Dufu began to feel that achieving her career and personal goals was an...