Hbr's 10 Must Reads on Women and Leadership (with Bonus Article Sheryl Sandberg: The HBR Interview) - (HBR's 10 Must Reads) (Paperback)
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- What will it take to create a more gender-balanced workplace?If you read nothing else on leadership and gender at work, read these 10 articles by experts in the field.
- About the Author: Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking.
- 224 Pages
- Business + Money Management, Women in Business
- Series Name: HBR's 10 Must Reads
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About the Book
What will it take for us to create a more equal workplace where women too can shine? If you read nothing else on leadership and gender in the workplace, read these 10 articles by experts in the field. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you understand where workplace gender equality is today--and how far we have to go. This book will inspire you to: - Understand the root causes of the barriers that exist around gender in the workplace - Check your own biases and discern between confidence and competence in your colleagues - Manage a more effective gender diversity program - Explore what it means to be a feminist today - Understand the issues that women face when speaking up about bias or harassment in the workplace - Better understand the path that women must take to leadership--Book Synopsis
What will it take to create a more gender-balanced workplace?
If you read nothing else on leadership and gender at work, read these 10 articles by experts in the field. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you understand where gender equality is today--and how far we still have to go.
This book will inspire you to:
- Better understand the path women must take to leadership
- Learn the root causes of the barriers that exist for women in the workplace
- Check your own gender biases and distinguish between confidence and competence in your colleagues
- Manage a more effective gender-diversity program
- Recognize the issues women face when speaking up about bias or harassment
- Help women reenter the workforce after taking time off--and create opportunities for them to reach their ambitions.
This collection of articles includes "Women and the Labyrinth of Leadership," by Alice H. Eagly and Linda L. Carli; "Do Women Lack Ambition?" by Anna Fels; "Women Rising: The Unseen Barriers," by Herminia Ibarra, Robin Ely, and Deborah Kolb; "Women and the Vision Thing," by Herminia Ibarra and Otilia Obodaru; "The Power of Talk: Who Gets Heard and Why," by Deborah Tannen; "The Memo Every Woman Keeps in Her Desk," by Kathleen Reardon; "Why Diversity Programs Fail," by Frank Dobbin and Alexandra Kalev; "Now What?" by Joan C. Williams and Suzanne Lebsock; "The Battle for Female Talent in Emerging Markets," by Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Ripa Rashid; "Off-Ramps and On-Ramps: Keeping Talented Women on the Road to Success," by Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Carolyn Buck Luce; and "Sheryl Sandberg: The HBR Interview," by Sheryl Sandberg and Adi Ignatius.
About the Author
Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 13 international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.
Author social media/website info: hbr.org, @HarvardBiz