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Leadership Strategies for Women [electronic resource] : Lessons from Four Queens on Leadership and Career Development / by Paul Vanderbroeck.

By: Vanderbroeck, Paul [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Management for Professionals: Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014Description: XV, 115 p. 20 illus., 8 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783642396236.Subject(s): Business | Leadership | Personnel management | Business and Management | Business Strategy/Leadership | Human Resource ManagementAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 658.4092 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction -- I Cleopatra VII: Leveraging Difference -- II Isabella of Spain: A woman With Visions -- III Elizabeth I of England: Managing a Team of Men -- IV Catherine the Great: Leading Strategic Growth -- V Four Queens: Lessons in Career Development -- VI Four Queens: Lessons in Leadership.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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.
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Introduction -- I Cleopatra VII: Leveraging Difference -- II Isabella of Spain: A woman With Visions -- III Elizabeth I of England: Managing a Team of Men -- IV Catherine the Great: Leading Strategic Growth -- V Four Queens: Lessons in Career Development -- VI Four Queens: Lessons in Leadership.

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.

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