Why the Best Man for the Job Is A Woman: The Unique Female Qualities of Leadership – Strategies from High-Ranking Women for Success in Corporate America

by Esther Wachs Book

Playing With The Big Boys -- And Beating Them At Their Own Game! From Meg Whitman of eBay to Marcy Carsey of Carsey-Warner and Oxygen Media, today's leading businesswomen show how to make it in the notorious boys' club of corporate America. Gone are the days when men called the shots. More and more women have replaced men or excelled over rivals in male-dominated industries because they possess the qualities of leadership that top firms are seeking today. Esther Wachs Book introduces the new Female Leader and reveals the seven key, and uniquely female, qualities of leadership that are turning the world around -- and allowing more women to achieve success. Filled with compelling insights gleaned from the country's highest-ranking businesswomen, Why the Best Man for the Job Is a Woman reveals how these exceptional women have soared to the top and captures their strategies for success.

288 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 2000

Reviews

[Monica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although published in 2000 with outdated data, the basic theories of how fourteen woman became very successful as leaders of businesses previously led by men still applies.

[Mckinley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bit old data now. 14 bios of women who demonstrate certain qualities that got them ahead. Chapters aline with qualities: selling the vision, reinventing the rules, focus to achieve, exhibit courage under fire, turn challenges into opportunities, aware of customer preferences, and maximize high touch in an era of high tech.