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Coaching Women to Lead
Coaching Women to Lead asks why, in the 21st century, there is still such a disparity in the number of women filling leadership roles, compared with men. It argues that a specific coaching approach for women is not only possible but required to support women throughout their corporate career. In this book you will Using case studies and findings from the authors' research, Coaching Women to Lead proposes defined areas for coaching women, and offers practical advice for coaches who wish to contribute to the development of excellent women leaders.
248 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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February 4, 2018
I was very sceptical when picking this book because I personally get annoyed when authors try to tailor leadership to a specific gender.
Thankfully, it exceeded my expectation.
The authors start with identifying the critical stages of a woman’s career that differ from men’s. Then they highlight the essential questions around a woman finding her identity at work and deciding how to act accordingly.
To bolster their coaching approach, they conduct a series of interviews with different women at different stages in their careers and from different cultural backgrounds. These are quite educating as they show identify a common theme: woman need to give themselves permission to be authentic to themselves.
The book takes a further step to educate organisations on how they can ensure they implement women friendly policies. They also emphasise that it will be ideal to design an ideal organisation for a full range of human diversity.
As a bonus, the appendix provides questionnaires which aim to collate experiences of women in the corporate world. It captures what helped or what would have helped these women along in their career journey.
Thankfully, it exceeded my expectation.
The authors start with identifying the critical stages of a woman’s career that differ from men’s. Then they highlight the essential questions around a woman finding her identity at work and deciding how to act accordingly.
To bolster their coaching approach, they conduct a series of interviews with different women at different stages in their careers and from different cultural backgrounds. These are quite educating as they show identify a common theme: woman need to give themselves permission to be authentic to themselves.
The book takes a further step to educate organisations on how they can ensure they implement women friendly policies. They also emphasise that it will be ideal to design an ideal organisation for a full range of human diversity.
As a bonus, the appendix provides questionnaires which aim to collate experiences of women in the corporate world. It captures what helped or what would have helped these women along in their career journey.
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