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The Female Advantage
Now in Currency paperback -- Sally Helgesen's classic study of female leaders and how their strategies represent a highly successful revision of male leadership styles. Sixty thousand copies in print! In her bestselling 1990 book, Sally Helgesen discovered that men and women approach work in fundamentally different ways. Many of these differences hold distinct advan...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
March 9th 2011
by Currency
(first published April 1st 1990)
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SWE book club March 2009
Disappointing. First of all, this was written in 1990. That is, pre-email and pre-crackberry and pre-mainstream internet in the workplace. So, tailing four female executives prior to the electronic revolution is dated at best. I'd like to see this topic revisited, and I wonder if there are other books on the subject that have been written more recently???
That being said, let me briefly discuss the four women covered in the book.
I ...more
Disappointing. First of all, this was written in 1990. That is, pre-email and pre-crackberry and pre-mainstream internet in the workplace. So, tailing four female executives prior to the electronic revolution is dated at best. I'd like to see this topic revisited, and I wonder if there are other books on the subject that have been written more recently???
That being said, let me briefly discuss the four women covered in the book.
I ...more
Good and valuable descriptions of a day in the life of a female business leader. The analysis itself is a bit outdated however.
L.E.I. required reading.
It one of those books that you did know that the information was out there. And once you read it, your aware of these facts it help in you in life. Basically, it shows how women lead, in contrast it to how men lead. Unlike the title may suggest it is not a book putting one sex down or insisting on the unhealthy domination of another. Just fax that potentially can empower the human race to lead in way that lead to less waste.
It one of those books that you did know that the information was out there. And once you read it, your aware of these facts it help in you in life. Basically, it shows how women lead, in contrast it to how men lead. Unlike the title may suggest it is not a book putting one sex down or insisting on the unhealthy domination of another. Just fax that potentially can empower the human race to lead in way that lead to less waste.
“As a college intern, I was attracted to this book because I really want to learn about the leadership experiences of these specific women.” - Michelle
You want to be a leader, woman? This is your book.
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