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20 Ways To Become A Leader

By Ellen Ostrow - This article is aimed at women lawyers. As well as providing women with some tips for becoming leaders, this article can help with changing current ideas about leadership ideals. (Added: 12-Mar-2007 Hits: 1070 )

7 Ways To Watch How You Talk!

By Paul Megan - If women are interested in leadership positions they have to learn how to communicate assertively. So says the author of this article. He provides seven critical pieces of communication advice aimed at women in the workplace. Men in the workplace would be wise to heed this advice as well. (Added: 5-Mar-2010 Hits: 318 )

As Leaders, Women Rule

By Rochelle Sharpe - Special Businessweek report explains research findings that suggest women are better leaders than men, and addresses issues related to why there are not more women in leadership positions in companies and corporations. (Added: 24-Jan-2007 Hits: 1064 )

As Leaders, Women Rule

By Rochelle Sharpe - If the title of this article speaks the truth, why aren't there more women leaders? Read this article to learn why, according to the article. (Added: 14-Mar-2007 Hits: 999 )

Do women make better managers?

By Joanna L. Krotz - A controversial subject, but here's some interesting information about women in managerial positions and leadership positions. (Added: 30-Mar-2006 Hits: 1218 )

Excerpt from Ways Women Lead

By Dr. Judy B. Rosner - Women managers who have broken the glass ceiling in medium-sized, non traditional organizations have proven that effective leaders don’t come from one mold. They have demonstrated that using the command-and-control style of managing others, a style generally associated with men in large, traditional organizations, is not the only way to succeed. (Added: 12-Mar-2007 Hits: 750 )

Global Leaders: A Dialogue with Future History

By Nancy J. Adler - The 21st century will demand an approach to societal leadership that has thus far been neither evident nor needed. In searching for appropriate models for the coming century, most people continue to review men's patterns of leadership. Few appreciate the equivalent patterns of historic and potential success in women leaders. This article focuses on the set of women who have achieved the highest level of global leadership either as global political leaders - presidents or prime ministers of countries - or as global business leaders - CEOs of major multinational companies. The article reviews the women's backgrounds, paths to power and contributions to their organizations and countries, as well as to society. It explores and explodes some of the most prominent myths about how women gain and use power. (Added: 14-Mar-2007 Hits: 499 )

Heroines of Peace

By Irwin Abrams - While only nine women have won the Peace Prize, the role of women has been important in the lives of many of the Laureates, the mothers who reared them and the wives who supported them in their peace crusades. Read some history about women leaders. (Added: 14-Mar-2007 Hits: 407 )

Leaders Comment on Terrorist Attack Against U.S.

By n a - Leaders of international women's rights organizations have stressed that women's participation in all levels of public policy decisions minimizes violence and enhances the likelihood of peace. This is what they had to say Wednesday, two days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. (Added: 14-Mar-2007 Hits: 398 )

Meg Whitman leads a Global Giant

By Susan West - Here's a short profile about Meg Whitman, CEO of eBay. Read about her accomplishments prior to leading eBay and what makes her a remarkable leader. (Added: 5-Mar-2010 Hits: 207 )

Meg Whitman leads a Global Giant

By Susan West - Here's a short profile about Meg Whitman, CEO of eBay. Read about her accomplishments prior to leading eBay and what makes her a remarkable leader. (Added: 5-Mar-2010 Hits: 115 )

Overlooking Female Innovation In Science

By Gina Hamilton - Women scientists have traditionally been interpreters rather than innovators according to a female American astronomer. Gina Hamilton from the University of Southern Maine believes that the accomplishments of many women scientists were either overlooked by their contemporaries, or were assumed to belong to their male collaborators. Indeed, many women scientists elected to downplay their accomplishments for social reasons, a factor that is still prevalent today says Hamilton. (Added: 14-Mar-2007 Hits: 397 )

Royal and Merkel do some 'female bonding'

By Katrin Bennhold - Their politics differ, their styles clash and they don't speak the same language but when the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and Ségolène Royal, who hopes to become her French counterpart, met Tuesday there was what advisers on both sides described as a bit of "female bonding." (Added: 14-Mar-2007 Hits: 260 )

Teaching Men The Right Stuff

By Pallavi Gogoi - Look to your women co-workers for leadership models. This applies to men as well as women aspiring to leadership roles. See why this advice is worthwhile to your career. (Added: 14-Mar-2007 Hits: 269 )

The Daughter Also Rises - women as leaders of family businesses

By Patricia Schiff Estess - "'Command-and-control'is no longer a successful management style. Today, a leader must be flexible, cooperative and collaborative, and he or she must rely, to a large extent, on the knowledge, experience and skills of others. This style has been more closely identified with women than with men, so daughters, not sons, have an edge here".... Find out what women should consider so that they can seamlessly become head of the family business. (Added: 14-Mar-2007 Hits: 238 )

Where Have All The Women Leaders Gone?

By Dr. Linda Trimble and Dr. Jane Arscott - A brief discussion of the role of women as leaders in Canadian politics. Do you think that gender plays a role in today's politics? (Added: 14-Mar-2007 Hits: 309 )

Women As Leaders

By n a - Some people are leaders, motivating and inspiring us in ways that others struggle to. What is it that separates those who lead and those who manage? One view is that mangers perform transactions, and leaders bring about transformations. Learn how women lead differently from men. (Added: 14-Mar-2007 Hits: 249 )

Women Business Leaders More Persuasive Than Men

By n a - The personality qualities of women leaders in the United Kingdom and the United States demonstrate that both have a leadership profile that is very conducive to today's diverse workplace where information is shared freely and teamwork distinguishes the best companies. Learn more about a new study named 'The DNA of Women Leaders'. (Added: 14-Mar-2007 Hits: 190 )

Women in the Boardroom: Should the U.S. Have Quotas? | Business Ethics

By na - Columnist Gael O’Brien says the U.S. has failed to show leadership in gender diversity on corporate boards, raising questions about what it can learn from other countries that have imposed quotas for women directors. While quotas can stir up discomfort, she writes, there’s a “complacency, even smugness” about boardroom diversity in the U.S. that argues in favor of requiring companies to take action. ^new (Added: 19-Oct-2011 Hits: 142 )