Informationen zum Autor Anna Marie Valerio, Ph.D., President of Executive Leadership Strategies, LLC, is a consultant specializing in executive coaching and leadership development. Her areas of expertise also include individual assessment, women's leadership, and performance management. Her book, Executive Coaching: A Guide for the HR Professional , co-authored with Robert J. Lee and published by Wiley/Pfeiffer, is a practical guide about coaching and how to use it in organizations. Anna Marie has made numerous presentations at professional conferences and can be reached via her website, http://www.executiveleadershipstrategies.com. Series Editor: Steven G. Rogelberg, Ph.D., is Professor and Director of Organizational Science at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. He is a prolific and nationally recognized scholar. He is the current Editor of Journal of Business and Psychology . Besides his academic work, he founded and/or led three successful talent management consulting organizations/units. Klappentext Retaining talented women in corporations is more critical than ever in light of recent research demonstrating that companies with the highest representations of women in leadership roles show better financial performance. This book helps to answer the question, "How do we best develop women leaders?" by uniquely translating the findings from social science research into strategies and tips that people in management can apply. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editor's Preface Preface Acknowledgments Part I: Historical and Current Contexts for Women's Leadership 1. Introduction How This Book Is Organized How to Use This Book Most Effectively Your Role in Developing Women's Leadership 2. Why Women's Leadership Today Invites Questions and Requires Answers Recent History Key Historical Events from the 1920s to the 1960s Present Realities Metaphors through Time: From Concrete Wall to Glass Ceiling to Labyrinth Driving Forces Behind Organizational Change More Women in the Workforce than Ever Before Women's Educational Attainment Women as Corporate Officers: The Current Situation Women Leaders Are a Driving Force for Powering Business Generations in the Workforce Work-life Integration - Shared by Both Genders Summary 3. What Women and Men Need To Know About Leadership and Its Development What Does Leadership Research Reveal About the Behavior of Effective Leaders? Leadership Competencies Why Use Leadership Competencies? Personality Traits Associated with Leadership Ethics Leadership Styles Transformational and Transactional Leadership Women as Transformational Leaders What Are Some Effective Leadership Development Practices? Challenging Job Assignments Coaching Mentoring Leadership Development Programs Summary Part II: Practical Suggestions for Organizations, Managers, and Women 4. CEOs and Human Resource Executives Can Develop Talented Women Diversity and Inclusion and the Creation of Wealth What CEOs and HR Executives Can Do Fairness Issues Leadership Development Career Design Summary 5. What Managers Can Do To Develop Talented Women Social-Relational Contexts at Work Best Practices in Talent Management Stereotypical Perceptions Gender Stereotypes Stereotypes about Men and Women Why Is It Criti...

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Anna Marie Valerio, Ph.D., President of Executive Leadership Strategies, LLC, is a consultant specializing in executive coaching and leadership development. Her areas of expertise also include individual assessment, women's leadership, and performance management. Her book, Executive Coaching: A Guide for the HR Professional, co-authored with Robert J. Lee and published by Wiley/Pfeiffer, is a practical guide about coaching and how to use it in organizations. Anna Marie has made numerous presentations at professional conferences and can be reached via her website, http://www.executiveleadershipstrategies.com. Series Editor:
Steven G. Rogelberg, Ph.D., is Professor and Director of Organizational Science at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. He is a prolific and nationally recognized scholar. He is the current Editor of Journal of Business and Psychology. Besides his academic work, he founded and/or led three successful talent management consulting organizations/units.

Klappentext

Retaining talented women in corporations is more critical than ever in light of recent research demonstrating that companies with the highest representations of women in leadership roles show better financial performance. This book helps to answer the question, "How do we best develop women leaders?" by uniquely translating the findings from social science research into strategies and tips that people in management can apply.

Zusammenfassung
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.

Inhalt

Series Editor's Preface Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I: Historical and Current Contexts for Women's Leadership

1. Introduction

How This Book Is Organized

How to Use This Book Most Effectively

Your Role in Developing Women's Leadership

2. Why Women's Leadership Today Invites Questions and Requires Answers

Recent History

Key Historical Events from the 1920s to the 1960s

Present Realities

Metaphors through Time: From Concrete Wall to Glass Ceiling to Labyrinth

Driving Forces Behind Organizational Change

More Women in the Workforce than Ever Before

Women's Educational Attainment

Women as Corporate Officers: The Current Situation

Women Leaders Are a Driving Force for Powering Business

Generations in the Workforce

Work-life Integration - Shared by Both Genders

Summary

**3. What Women and Men Need To Know About Leadership and Its Development
** What Does Leadership Research Reveal About the Behavior of Effective Leaders?

Leadership Competencies

Why Use Leadership Competencies?

Personality Traits Associated with Leadership

Ethics

Leadership Styles

Transformational and Transactional Leadership

Women as Transformational Leaders

What Are Some Effective Leadership Development Practices?

Challenging Job Assignments

Coaching

Mentoring

Leadership Development Programs

Summary

Part II: Practical Suggestions for Organizations, Managers, and Women

4. CEOs and Human Resource Executives Can Develop Talented Women

Diversity and Inclusion and the Creation of Wealth

What CEOs and HR Executives Can Do

Fairness Issues

Leadership Development

Career Design

Summary

5. What Managers Can Do To Develop Talented Women

Social-Relational Contexts at Work

Best Practices in Talent Management

Stereotypical Perceptions

Gender Stereotypes

Stereotypes about Men and Women

Why Is It Critical for Managers to Understand Gender Stereotypes?

What the Research Tells Us

The Double Bind for Women

The Double Standard

Women's Competence Questioned

Resistance to Women's Leadership

Both Men and Women Internalize Gender Stereotypes

What Can Managers Do?

Ensuring Fair Performance Evaluations

Women's Networks

Mentoring

Coaching

Dual-Gender Actions

Become More Aware of How Gender Biases Influence Your Decisions

Help Female Managers Develop Their Networks

Endorse the Authority of Female Leaders

Send Talented Women to Both Internal and External Training Programs

Give Women Challenging Job Assignments with Sufficient Support

Steer Clear of the Glass Cliff

Balance the Numbers of Men and Women on Teams

Actions by Men

Ask Questions to Understand the Perspective of Women…