A Woman's Place Is in the Boardroom - by P Thomson & J Graham & T Lloyd (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

In the bestseller A Woman's Place is in the Boardroom the authors described the problem, gave comprehensive views of how it looked from both sides, and presented the arguments for positive change. This book is all about the 'how to'. It takes all the arguments and analysis of the first book, and focuses on how to apply it and what to do.

Review Quotes

'The FTSE 100 Cross-Company Mentoring Programme is beginning to have an impact upon the rate of appointment of women to senior executive and non-executive roles in the UK. There is more to do, of course, but this innovative, business-to-business initiative is delivering results. This book is a fine distillation of what has been learned from the Programme.' Sir John Parker, Chairman, National Grid plc.

'Ignoring the benefits of having more talented women in the boardroom is bad business. Having more women means extending the portfolio of skills at the top, providing female role models for younger high potential women and guaranteeing that all levels of management are filled with the best executives, and A Woman's Place is in the Boardroom: The Roadmap has some good ideas in all these areas.' Meg Munn, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

'Increasingly European countries are encouraging their businesses to have more women board members. The UK is ahead of much of Europe but still has more to do. The Cross-Company Mentoring Programme is making real progress and this book gives practical help to companies in improving this pan-European business issue.' Peter Erskine, former Chief Executive of O2, non-executive Director of Telefónica

'In business management we are taught that good planning makes for good decisions and that it's the planning, not the plan, that makes the difference. The 'Roadmap' is exactly thekind of tool women executives can use to plan well and make good decisions.' Teresa A. 'Terri' Dial, CEO of Consumer Banking, North America and Global Head of Consumer Strategy, Citigroup Inc.

'If you read only one book this year, make it this one. Whatever your role and gender I guarantee the ideas explored in only 120 pages of pragmatic text will bring rich rewards.' - Anna Allan, People Management

'Wow. This is the book I've been waiting most of my business life for. For my entire career I've had to be taught by individuals. There has been nothing to read that has understood what women feel and challenge how they deal with life at the top. A Woman's Place is in the Boardroom doesn't just pave the way to solving this, it sorts everything out for you. I really felt stirred reading it.' - Elsa Celab, Human Resources

About the Author

PENINAH THOMSON is a partner of Praesta Partners LLP, the UK's leading executive coaching firm and sponsor of the FTSE 100 Cross-Company Mentoring Programme. She was formerly a director and then a partner of The Change Partnership, part of Whitehead Mann Group. Before that she was a director in the London office of Pricewaterhouse Coopers. She began her career in the UK Foreign Office working for the Board of National Delegates of NATO in Paris. She has worked extensively with chief executives and boards in the public and the private sectors on strategy, organzational change and culture, and leadership.
JACEY GRAHAM is a Partner and co-founder of Brook Graham LLP, which specializes in the strategic management of Diversity and Inclusion in global companies. She was formerly head of Diversity Strategy and Planning at Shell International. Her early career was in the banking sector where she held various corporate roles in talent and career management, leadership development and executive resourcing. Before joining Shell she was head of Executive Succession for the Lloyds TSB Group. With Peninah, Jacey is a co-founder of Women Directors on Boards, a consortium dedicated to increasing the number of women on UK boards.
TOM LLOYD is a management writer and author. He is a former editor of "Financial Weekly" and "Management Today," was founder editor of Gemini Consulting's quarterly management journal "Transformation" and wrote the 'Working Brief' column in "The Sunday Telegraph" for several years. He was written five books, including "Managing Knowhow," with Karl-Erik Sveiby, (Bloomsbury, 1987) and "The 'nice' company" (Bloomsbury, 1990).