Her Place at the Table
A Woman's Guide to Negotiating Five Key Challenges to Leadership Success
1. Edition October 2010
256 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
Through interviews with over 100 women in leadership positions, the authors offer an action plan for negotiating the leadership challenges women face in their careers. The authors also provide a list of "to-dos" and practical advice to help women master each challenge, identifying five key actions for success: Drill Deep, Start from Strength, Assemble the Building Blocks, Gather Momentum, and Make Your Mark. Each chapter contains a case study of women leaders across a broad spectrum-corporations, educational institutions, and nonprofits-and includes such luminaries as Ann Moore of Time Inc., Anne Mulcahy of Xerox, and many others.
Advice for women from women for negotiating their own leadership careers
This 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; Backing; Resources; Buy-In; and Making a Difference. The three expert authors reveal what women have to teach us about the challenges and opportunities of leadership. As Tom Peters said of this book, "Women roar . . . . will help individual women negotiate what they need to success as leaders and help their firms support them in their efforts. That way we all win!"
* Describes five key actions for leadership success: Drill Deep, Start from Strength, Assemble the Building Blocks, Gather Momentum, and Make Your Mark
* Filled with prescriptive advice and a wide range of approaches for helping women with leadership challenges
* Lead authors wrote the The ShadowNegotiation, which was then released in paperback as Everyday Negotiation
The book includes interviews with high-profile women leaders including Ann Moore (CEO of Time Inc.), Ann Mulcahy (CEO of Xerox), and Harvard's Rosabeth Moss Kanter.
1. DRILL DEEP.
Negotiating the Intelligence for Informed Decisions.
2. MOBILIZE BACKERS.
Negotiating for Critical Support.
3. GARNER RESOURCES.
Negotiating Key Allocations.
4. BRING PEOPLE ON BOARD.
Negotiating Buy-In.
5. MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
The Big Challenge.
APPENDIX A A Road Map to Negotiating the Five Challenges.
APPENDIX B What Organizations Can Learn from How Women Leaders Negotiate the Five Challenges.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Acknowledgments.
About the Authors.
Index.
