We lead: How women become leaders - Softcover

Owen, Hilarie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1999832949 ISBN 13: 9781999832940

Publisher: Novaro Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

A compelling and comprehensive account of how women can construct their own leadership journey combining the best of academic thinking with practical insights from 30 high achievers.

REVIEWS

‘This is a book I will buy for myself, for my daughter, for my leadership team and for anyone who ever says to me “I’m not a leader”, because I believe that we are all leaders – sometimes we just don’t recognize ourselves as such’: Karen Dusgate, chief executive, Family Housing Association (Wales)

‘Hilarie Owen has written a potentially life-changing guidebook for women ... distilling compelling steps to further personal leader development, effectiveness and executive career progress’: Dr Tracey Manning, University of Maryland

‘This detailed, rigorous and constructive analysis of how 30 women came into leadership reveals many surprises about the workings of power and influence. Better still, it is very practical and will be valued by anyone who is keen to get things done’: Jonathan Gosling, emeritus professor of leadership, University of Exeter

ABOUT

Women are lifting the limits on what they can achieve and are learning to create their own identity as leaders. For them, leadership no longer just comes in a box or on a course. It is happening in life. They are finding the authenticity, the confidence, the resilience and the courage to become the leaders they want to be and to exercise power on more genuinely equal terms.In this book, Hilarie Owen combines lessons and insights from 30 high-achieving women with techniques and tools from the world’s foremost thinkers on leadership. In nine steps, she opens up a path that all women can take to realize their potential as leaders.

CONTENTS

Preface

1. Context

Part 1: Construct
2. Affirmation
3. Identity
4. Perspective

Part 2: Credibility

5. Authenticity
6. Integrity
7. Purpose

Part 3: Courage
8. Action
9. Impact
10. Power

Section 4: Clarity
11. Culture
12. Route map

Conclusion

DESCRIPTION

Too often women’s aspirations as leaders are falling short. The numbers of those in power in large organizations is flatlining at best. Policies, programmes and pipelines are only taking us so far. It’s time for a change in our approach, says Hilarie Owen. In this book, she combines a lifetime’s research in leadership with interviews of 30 high-achieving women. She opens up a series of models and patterns that women can follow to construct their own leadership journey and redefine how power is exercised.For her, these leaders will neither be born nor made. They will create themselves. In this book, she gives a compelling and comprehensive account of how women can go about realizing their full potential as leaders and transforming the culture of their organizations.BIOGRAPHYHilarie Owen is an authority on what makes great leaders and how top teams excel. She has worked for global companies and two government departments, as well as with the RAF Red Arrows and Harvard University. She has resolved leadership challenges in many different countries and is in regular demand as a keynote speaker. She is recognised as an expert for her research on how leadership is learnt, the crossovers with neuroscience and how decisions are made. Alongside her work in mentoring senior directors and top teams, Hilarie has launched a programme for women who are aiming to take up leadership roles. This is her ninth book on leadership.

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Review:

‘This is a book I will buy for myself, for my daughter, for my leadership team and for anyone who ever says to me “I’m not a leader”, because I believe that we are all leaders – sometimes we just don’t recognize ourselves as such.’

Karen Dusgate, chief executive, Family Housing Association (Wales)

 

‘Hilarie Owen has written a potentially life-changing guidebook for women ... distilling compelling steps to further personal leader development, effectiveness and executive career progress.’

Dr Tracey Manning, University of Maryland

 

‘This detailed, rigorous and constructive analysis of how 30 women came into leadership reveals many surprises about the workings of power and influence. Better still, it is very practical and will be valued by anyone who is keen to get things done.’

Jonathan Gosling, emeritus professor of leadership, University of Exeter

About the Author:

Hilarie Owen is an authority on what makes great leaders and how top teams excel. She has worked for global companies and two government departments, as well as with the RAF Red Arrows and Harvard University. She has resolved leadership challenges in many different countries and is in regular demand as a keynote speaker. She is recognised as an expert for her research on how leadership is learnt, the crossovers with neuroscience and how decisions are made. Alongside her work in mentoring senior directors and top teams, Hilarie has launched a programme for women who are aiming to take up leadership roles. This is her ninth book on leadership.

About this edition

• Publisher: Novaro Publishing
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1999832949
• ISBN 13: 9781999832940
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200