How have women managed to break through the glass ceiling of the business world, and what management techniques do they employ once they ascend to the upper echelons of power? What difficult situations have these female business leaders faced? This volume answers these questions by highlighting the professional accomplishments of twelve remarkable women.
How have women managed to break through the glass ceiling of the business world, and what management techniques do they employ once they ascend to the upper echelons of power? What difficult situations have these female business leaders faced? This volume answers these questions by highlighting the professional accomplishments of twelve remarkable women.
LISA HETFIELD is an associate director and director of development for the Institute for Women’s Leadership at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She is a co-founder of several leadership programs, including the Rutgers Executive Leadership Program for Professional Women. DANA M. BRITTON is a professor of labor studies and director of the Center for Women and Work at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She is the author of At Work in the Iron Cage and The Gender of Crime, and is editor emerita of the journal Gender & Society.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
JoAnn Heffernan Heisen: Enabling Women’s Leadership at Johnson & Johnson Grace Howard and Dana M. Britton
Sara Blakely: Reinventing Women’s Shapewear with Spanx Amanda Roberti and Lisa Hetfield
Madam C. J. Walker: Leadership Grounded in Social and Racial Uplift Rosemary Ndubuizu and Lisa Hetfield
Diane McCarthy: Responding to Crisis through Connected Leadership at Verizon Kathleen E. McCollough and Lisa Hetfield
Jane Ni Dhulchaointigh: Changing the World through Participatory Design Laura Lovin and Dana M. Britton
Ursula Burns: Restructuring an American Icon at Xerox Rosemary Ndubuizu and Dana M. Britton
Alice Waters: Transforming American Food Stina Soderling and Lisa Hetfield
Avid Modjtabai: Leading Change at Wells Fargo Amanda Roberti and Dana M. Britton
Martha Stewart: The Rise, Fall, and Comeback of a Brand Carolina Alonso Bejarano and Lisa Hetfield
Barbara Krumsiek: Putting Social Responsibility on the Investment Agenda Crystal Bedley and Lisa Hetfield
Roseline Marston: Navigating Transition in an Employee-Owned Firm at A. D. Marble & Company Carolina Alonso Bejarano and Dana M. Britton
Subha Barry: Changing the Cultural DNA at Merrill Lynch Grace Howard and Dana M. Britton
