Developing Women Leaders

Answers the question ""How do we best develop women leaders?"" with practical solutions drawn from current literature and the author’s personal interviews with high-achievers in major US companies and universities.

Key features:

• Presents research-based, practical solutions to help people in organizations develop talented women
• Describes what organizations and individuals need to know about leadership competencies, personality, and leadership styles
• Explains gender-related issues that affect the behaviors of both women and men at work
• Integrates first-hand accounts by high-achieving women and men from major US companies and universities about their leadership experiences
• Separate chapters addressed to CEOs and Human Resource executives, managers, and women offer practical suggestions to implement in their organizations, using examples from some ""best practice"" companies
• Has relevance across the range of all organizations including Fortune 500 companies, academic institutions, non-profit organizations and small businesses
• Has significance for every aspect of society – business, government, law, families, careers, and health

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Wiley

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Valerio, Anna Marie

ISBN:

978-1-40-518371-0

Specialty:

• Applied Psychology
• Psychology

Language:

English

Edition:

1st

Pages:

184

Publication Year:

2009