The female advantage : women's ways of leadership /
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| Author / Creator: | Helgesen, Sally, 1948- |
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| Edition: | 1st Currency pbk. ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : Doubleday Currency, 1995. |
| Description: | xli, 272 pages ; 21 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10899935 |
| Summary: | Now in Currency paperback -- Sally Helgesen'snbsp;nbsp;classic study of female leaders and how theirnbsp;nbsp;strategies represent a highly successful revision of malenbsp;nbsp;leadership styles. Sixty thousand copies in print!nbsp;nbsp;In her bestselling 1990 book, Sally Helgesennbsp;nbsp;discovered that men and women approach work innbsp;nbsp;fundamentally different ways. Many of these differencesnbsp;nbsp;hold distinct advantages for women, who excel atnbsp;nbsp;running organizations that foster creativity,nbsp;nbsp;cooperation, and intuitive decision-making power,nbsp;nbsp;necessities for companies of the twenty-first century.nbsp;nbsp;Helgesen's findings reveal that organizations run bynbsp;nbsp;women do not take the form of the traditionalnbsp;nbsp;hierarchical pyranaid, but more closely resemble anbsp;nbsp;web, where leaders reach out, not down, to form annbsp;nbsp;interrelating matrix built around a central purpose.nbsp;nbsp;The strategy of the web concentrates power at thenbsp;nbsp;center by drawing others closer and by creatingnbsp;nbsp;communities where information sharing is essential.nbsp;nbsp;She presents her findings through unique, closelynbsp;nbsp;detailed accounts of four successful womennbsp;nbsp;business leaders -- Frances Hesselbein of Girl Scoutsnbsp;nbsp;USA, Barbara Grogan of Western Industrialnbsp;nbsp;Contractors, Nancy Badore of Ford Motor Company's Executivenbsp;nbsp;Development Center, and Dorothy Brunson of Brunsonnbsp;nbsp;Communications. Helgesen observes their meetings,nbsp;nbsp;listens to their phone calls and conferences, andnbsp;nbsp;reads their correspondence. Her "diarynbsp;nbsp;studies" document how women leaders make decisions,nbsp;nbsp;schedule their days, gather and dispersenbsp;nbsp;information, motivate others, delegate tasks, structurenbsp;nbsp;their companies, hire, and fire. She chronicles hownbsp;nbsp;their experiences as women -- wives, mothers,nbsp;nbsp;friends, sisters, daughters -- contribute to theirnbsp;nbsp;leadership style. |
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| Item Description: | "Including an all new user's guide"--Cover. |
| Physical Description: | xli, 272 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-263). |
| ISBN: | 0385419112 9780385419116 |