Women Leading

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Where to Begin?

   • Sue Hayward

   Pages 1-12

3. The Changing Role of Women

   • Sue Hayward

   Pages 13-27

4. Boardroom Women: Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling

   • Sue Hayward

   Pages 28-48

5. How will Men Cope?

   • Sue Hayward

   Pages 49-64

6. Workplace Skills

   • Sue Hayward

   Pages 65-82

7. Women in the Heart of the City: The Money Markets

   • Sue Hayward

   Pages 83-97

8. Sisters are Doing It for Themselves

   • Sue Hayward

   Pages 98-113

9. Women in the Media

   • Sue Hayward

   Pages 114-130

10. Who Wears the Trousers? Women in Relationships

    • Sue Hayward

    Pages 131-150

11. Women on the International Stage

    • Sue Hayward

    Pages 151-169

12. Simply the Best

    • Sue Hayward

    Pages 170-179

13. Back Matter

    Pages 180-186

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Women Leading is a fascinating insight into female leadership. After years of male domination in the world's boardrooms, are cracks finally appearing in the glass ceiling? As the dynamics of our work culture change it's women who now hold the key skills to ensure future success in business, but can they contend with the old boy network that's still prominent in many workplaces.

• business
• dynamics
• glass
• leadership
• money
• money market
• network
• success

'Sue has a way of being able to tell stories and get the point of an issue in an engaging and infectious way ... she's a joy to work with and has an intuitive understanding of her audience.' - David Clargo, Managing Editor, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

'Sue is an outstanding journalist and broadcaster with a natural instinct for communicating - a total joy to work with.' - Nicci Holliday, BBC Senior Manager

'Encouraging, enlightening. Reclaims for us women our leadership birthright.' - Rhodora Palomar-Fresnedi, Vice-President in the Strategic Centre for Human Resources at Unilever

'Readable insights into female dimensions in the leadership debate.' - Long Range Planning

'Focuses on the skills and attributes that women bring to leadership and includes tips, advice and quotes from women at all levels in organisations.' - Keith Clack, Best Business Books, The Bookseller

'Sue Hayward's book takes a fresh approach to leadership by women. Copying male macho behaviour to succeed is out, using your feminine qualities is in' - Pierre du Bois, Watford Observer

'an interesting insight into how women lead and the skills they use in both their professional and personal lives.' - Accountancy Ireland

SUE HAYWARd is a Broadcaster and Journalist who has presented on BBC radio and television on consumer and money issues. As a personal finance journalist Sue has also written for national newspapers and magazines and is a regular contributor to She magazine, Family Circle and Woman's Weekly covering consumer, workplace and money issues. Sue runs her own media company - see her website at www.bondward.co.uk.

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