Women Leadership Resources

Roles:
Helgesen, Sally. Everyday Revolutionaries: Working Women and The Transformation of American Life. New York: Doubleday, 1998.

Borysenko, Joan; Inner Peace for Busy People: 52 Simple Strategies for Transforming your Life
Sawi, Beth; Coming Up for Air; How to Build a Balanced Life in a Workaholic World.

J.M. Smith, A Potent Spell: Mother Love and the Power of Fear (New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003).

Life Stages:
Gallagher, Carol. Going to the Top: A Road Map for Success from America's Leading Women Executives. New York: Penguin, 2001.

Advancing Women in Business- The Catalyst Guide: Best Practices from the Corporate Leaders ( Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series) San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998.

Wellington, Sheila and Betty Spence. Be Your own Mentor: Strategies from Top Women on the Secrets of Success. New York: Random House, 2001.

Marian N. Ruderman and Paricia J. Ohlott: Standing at the Crossroads: Next Steps for High-Achievement Women

Skills:
Tannen, Deborah. Talking from 9 to 5: Women and Men in the Workplace: Language, Sex, and Power. New York: Quill, 2001.

Mindell, Phyllis. How to Say It For Women: Communicating with Confidence and Power Using the Language of Success. New York: Prentice Hall Press, 2001.Monica McGrath, Ph.D.

S. Bixler and L. S. Dugan, 5 Steps to Professional Presence: How to Project Confidence, Competence and Credibility at Work. Holbrook, Massachusetts: Adams Media Corporation, 2001.

P. Bryans and S. Mavin, "Women Learning to Become Managers: Learning to Fit In Or to Play a Different Game?" Management Learning, March 2003, p. 110.

General:
J. Baumgardner and A. Richards, Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism and the Future (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000).

P. Bryans and S. Mavin, "Women Learning to Become Managers: Learning to Fit In Or to Play a Different Game?" Management Learning, March 2003, p. 110.

J. K. Fletcher, Disappearing Acts: Gender, Power, and Relational Practice at Work Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1999.

E. Freedman, No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of Women. New York: The Ballantine Publishing Group, 2002.

MG.N. Powell (ed.), Handbook of Gender & Work. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, 1999.

L.T. Sanford and M.E. Donovan, Women and Self Esteem: Understanding and Improving the Way We Think and Feel About Ourselves.New York: Penguin Group, 1984.

J.M. Smith, A Potent Spell: Mother Love and the Power of Fear. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003.

C. Tavris, Mismeasure of Woman: Why Women Are Not the Better Sex, the Inferior Sex, or the Opposite Sex. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.

Conflict Management:
Tanenbaum, Leora. Catfights: Women and Competition.. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2002.

Heim, Pat and Susan Murphy. In the Company of Women: Turning workplace conflict into Powerful Alliances. New York: J. P. Tarcher, 2001.

Leadership:
Useem, Michael. The Leadership Moment: Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their lessons for Us All. New York: Random House, Inc. 1998.

Zichy, Shoya and Bonnie Kellen. Women and the Leadership Q: Revealing Four Paths to Influence and Power. New York, American Heritage Pub. Co.; book trade distribution by McGraw-Hill, 2000.

Book, Ester Wachs. Why the Best Man for the Job is a Woman: The Unique Female Qualities of Leadership. New York: Harper Business, 2000.

Helgesen, Sally. The Female Advantage: Women's Ways of Leadership. New York: Doubleday Currency, 1990.

Gerber, Robin. Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way: Timeless Strategies from the First Lady of Courage. New York: Prentice Hall Press, 2002.

Heim, Pat and Susan K Golant. Smashing the Glass Ceiling: Tactics for Women who want to win in Business. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1995.

Powell, Gary N., ed. Handbook of Gender and Work: Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1999.

Online Links:
http://www.catalystwomen.org/
Catalyst is the source for timely, accurate information on women's progress through the boardrooms, executive suites, and management ranks of the workplace.

http://www.fortefoundation.com
Forté Foundation's mission is to increase the number of women business owners and business leaders and to support their careers through business education and networks

http://www.c200.org/
The Committee of 200 is the professional organization of preeminent women entrepreneurs and corporate leaders. The organization capitalizes on the power, success and influence of businesswomen in the global economy

http://www.tiaw.org/
The International Alliance for Women serves as the global umbrella organization that unites, supports and promotes professional women and their networks to work together, share resources and leverage ideas.

http://www.ccl.org/programs/
This program brings the powerful assessment and feedback elements found in other Center programs together with research-based content that delves into issues and perceptions surrounding women's leadership and work experiences.

Contact Information:
Monica McGrath, Ph.D.
Resources for Leadership, Inc.
19 Cove Road
Moorestown NJ 08057
www.Resourcesforleadership.com

The Wharton School
Vance 435 B
3733 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, Pa. 19104
mcgrath@wharton.upenn.edu