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Her Place at the Table : A Woman's Guide to Negotiating Five Key Challenges to Leadership Success by Deborah M. Kolb Ph.D., Judith Williams Ph.D., Carol Frohlinger JD is a business book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Her Place at the Table : A Woman's Guide to Negotiating Five Key Challenges to Leadership Success about?
Women roar," exclaims management guru Tom Peters. "Want a leader?" asks BusinessWeek. "Hire a woman. This list of women taking the reins at top companies and turning them around grows longer. There's Anne Mulcahy at Xerox, Carly Fiorina at Hewlett-Packard, Anne Moore at Time, Inc., Andrea Jung at Avon, and Ann Fudge at Young & Rubicam.Despite these visible success stories, the path to the executive suite remains torturous for women. The testing can be prolonged, the scrutiny intense. Will she really have the "right stuff" when the going gets rough? Even Carly Florina was unprepared for the attention paid to her gender.Her Place at the Table is a practical guide for any woman dealing with a demanding role. Drawing on extensive interviews with women leaders, the authors isolate five key challenges.Intelligence - to make informed decisions you need good information, but getting it can be a tricky proposition for women Backing - no one wants to take on a tough job without the support of major players, but you can't take those allies for granted Resources - allocations don't always square with the results expected Buy-In - you can't lead if no one wants to follow, but bringing a team on
Who reads Her Place at the Table : A Woman's Guide to Negotiating Five Key Challenges to Leadership Success?
It is typically read by working professionals who need an authoritative practice reference.
Common subject areas: medicine, law, business, engineering.
- Author
- Deborah M. Kolb Ph.D., Judith Williams Ph.D., Carol Frohlinger JD
- Publisher
- Jossey-Bass, Incorporated Publishers
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780787976828
- Category
- business
- Subjects
- Business, Christian, Management
- Rating
- 3.26 / 5 (42 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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