The lost leaders : how corporate America loses women leaders /

Business leaders are being lost - in a business world that so desperately needs leadership today. Although women now represent half of all managers, they hold less than 10 percent of the top positions in U.S. corporations. Somehow, women are being lost on their way up. Much has been written about wo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Heppner, Rebekah S., 1954- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Subjects:	Women executives > United States > Biography. Businesswomen > United States > Biography. Sex discrimination against women > United States. Corporate culture > United States. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Insert preliminaries
Introduction
Accidental careers
Colleen roberts
Judy Samuels
Joyce Williams
Nancy Michaels
Other "lost leaders"
Corporate america
The old boys' network
The acceptable band
The ideal worker
Against the law
The toxic workplace
Hopes for the future
Joy in work
Free agency
The balancing act
A paradox of diversity
A woman president of the United States
Conclusion
Bibliography.