Leadership strategies for women : lessons from four Queens on leadership and career development / Paul Vanderbroeck.
How do women leaders make it to the top of an organization? How can women stay at the top when most of their colleagues are men? What should women do to exercise leadership well? This book tells the stories of four powerful women who knew the answers to these three questions. Therefore, this book al...
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| 100 | 1 | |a Vanderbroeck, Paul J. J., |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Leadership strategies for women : |b lessons from four Queens on leadership and career development / |c Paul Vanderbroeck. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Heidelberg ; |a New York : |b Springer, |c [2014] | |
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| 300 | |a xv, 115 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm. | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g 1 |t Introduction -- |g 1.1 |t Why this book? -- |g 1.2 |t Why women leaders from history and why these four queens? -- |g 1.3 |t What will you find in this book? -- |g 1.4 |t How to get the most out of this book? -- |g 1.5 |t About the research for this book -- |g 2 |t Cleopatra VII: Leveraging Difference -- |g 2.1 |t Life and career -- |g 2.2 |t Key leadership challenges -- |g 2.2.1 |t The path to power and careeer management -- |g 2.2.2 |t Managing the joint venture with Rome -- |g 2.2.3 |t From loss to profit -- |g 3 |t Isabella of Spain: A woman With Visions -- |g 3.1 |t Life and career -- |g 3.2 |t Key leadership challenges -- |g 3.2.1 |t The path to power and career management -- |g 3.2.2 |t Managing the merger of Castile and Aragon -- |g 3.2.3 |t Creating and developing a vision and strategy of growth -- |g 3.2.4 |t Creating the new culture and organization of the unified Spain -- |g 3.3 |t Key leadership competencies -- |g 3.3.1 |t Vision and strategy development -- |g 3.3.2 |t Generating positive change -- |g 3.3.3 |t Leveraging difference -- |g 3.3.4 |t Talent management -- |g 3.3.5 |t Giving and receiving feedback -- |g 3.3.6 |t Communication -- |g 3.4 Isabella's leadership impact -- |g 3.5 |t What women can learn from this leader -- |g 3.6 |t Top five do's and don'ts from Isabella of Spain -- |t Bibliography -- |g 4 |t Elizabeth I of England: Managing a Team of Men -- |g 4.1 |t Life and career -- |g 4.2 |t Key leadership challenges -- |g 4.2.1 |t The path to power and career management -- |g 4.2.2 |t Ensuring her own succession -- |g 4.2.3 |t From loss to profit -- |g 4.2.4 |t Dealing with the competition -- |g 4.2.5 |t Renewing the organizational culture -- |g 4.3 |t Key leadership competencies -- |g 4.3.1 |t Vision and strategy development -- |g 4.3.2 |t Leveraging difference -- |g 4.3.3 |t Communication -- |g 4.3.4 |t Team leadership and delegation -- |g 4.3.5 |t Talent management -- |g 4.3.6 |t Giving and receiving feedback -- |g 4.3.7 |t Performance management -- |g 4.4 |t Elizabeth' leadership impact -- |g 4.5 |t What women can learn from this leader -- |g 4.6 |t Top five do's and don'ts from Elizabeth I -- |t Bibliography -- |g 5 |t Catherine the Great: Leading Strategic Growth -- |g 5.1 |t Life and career -- |g 5.2 |t Key leadership challenges -- |g 5.2.1 |t The path to power and career management -- |g 5.2.2 |t Developing a vision and strategy of growth -- |g 5.2.3 |t Restructuring Russia -- |g 5.2.4 |t Renewing the organizational culture of Russia -- |g 5.2.5 |t Ensuring her own succession -- |g 5.3 |t Key leadership competencies -- |g 5.3.1 |t Vision and strategy development -- |g 5.3.2 |t Building and maintaining a network -- |g 5.3.3 |t Talent management -- |g 5.3.4 |t Performance management -- |g 5.3.5 |t Delegation -- |g 5.3.6 |t Leveraging difference -- |g 5.3.7 |t Communication -- |g 5.3.8 |t Generating positive change -- |g 5.4 |t Catherine's leadership impact -- |g 5.5 |t What women can learn from this leader -- |g 5.6 |t Top five do's and don'ts from Catherine the Great -- |t Bibliography -- |g 6 |t Four Queens: Lessons in Career Development -- |g 6.1 |t Career development: Getting to the top and staying there -- |g 6.1.1 |t Take practical steps to prepare yourself -- |g 6.1.2 |t Fend off the competition -- |g 6.1.3 |t Establish your legitimacy -- |g 6.1.4 |t Identify mentors -- |g 6.1.5 |t Build strong relationships -- |g 6.1.6 |t Make work/life balance a priority -- |g 6.2 |t How can organizationas help women have successful leadership careers? -- |g 6.2.1 |t Leadership development -- |g 6.2.2 |t Build awareness -- |g 6.2.3 |t Provide mentoring opportunities -- |g 6.2.4 |t Encourage work/life balance -- |g 6.3 |t The final question: Did these queens actively promote gender diversity? -- |t Bibliography -- |g 7 |t Four Queens: Lessons in Leadership -- |g 7.1 |t Leadership competencies: Strengths and weaknesses -- |g 7.2 |t Leadership lessons -- |g 7.2.1 |t Leverage your difference as a woman in your professional context -- |g 7.2.2 |t Communication: Be present and visible -- |g 7.2.3 |t Select and develop talented people -- |g 7.2.4 |t Develop an inspiring vision to reach your strategic goals -- |g 7.2.6 |t Give effective feedback to increase the organization's productivity -- |g 7.2.7 |t Manage your team to high performance -- |g 7.2.8 |t Build and maintain a network, particularly to manage your reputation -- |g 7.2.9 |t Delegate to competent people -- |g 7.3 |t How can organizations fully develop women leaders? -- |g 7.3.1 |t Let women be women -- |g 7.3.2 |t Tailor leadership development according to gender -- |g 7.3.3 |t Help women network -- |t Bibliography. . |
| 520 | |a How do women leaders make it to the top of an organization? How can women stay at the top when most of their colleagues are men? What should women do to exercise leadership well? This book tells the stories of four powerful women who knew the answers to these three questions. Therefore, this book also explicitly identifies the key factors in these leaders career success, and it elucidates the competencies that enabled the women to exercise leadership effectively. The four success stories offer women who already serve in leadership roles and those who aspire to become great leaders both inspiration and practical lessons that can be applied to real-world challenges. -- From back cover. | ||
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