9780313375842
Subtitle: How Women Corporate Directors Succeed
Written by: Ghaffari, Elizabeth
Foreword: Rembe, Toni
Published by: Praeger Publishers
Filed Under: Women executives
Filed Under: Boards of directors
Filed Under: General
Filed Under: Leadership
Filed Under: Women & Business
Filed Under: Management, General
Copyright: 2009
Date of Publication: June 2009
Cover Type: Hardcover
Written in: English
Illustrations: Yes
Number of Pages: 247
Book Size: 9.52x6.16x.94 in. 1.22 lbs.
This book blazes a trail. Rather than focusing about the lack of opportunities for women on corporate boards, or calling for government or corporations to appoint more women to boards, it simply shows women how to get on boards. As author Elizabeth Ghaffari says, women need to learn from the leaders - the women who have succeeded in being nominated to public company boards of directors. Ms. Ghaffari identifies the areas where women can themselves take steps that will enable them to achieve the goal of becoming qualified and competent to serve at the very top-as a director on a for-profit corporate board. This book blazes a trail. Rather than focusing about the lack of opportunities for women on corporate boards, or calling for government or corporations to appoint more women to boards, it simply shows women how to get on boards. As author Elizabeth Ghaffari says, women need to learn from the leaders - the women who have succeeded in being nominated to public company boards of directors. Ms. Ghaffari identifies the areas where women can themselves take steps that will enable them to achieve the goal of becoming qualified and competent to serve at the very top-as a director on a for-profit corporate board.
This book is the result of two years' research and interviews with women corporate directors who are willing to speak, on the record, about how they gained their board sets. The book provides contemporary businesswomen with refreshing insights into the many opportunities that exist for them to rise to leadership. Ghaffari presents the six most prominent paths into the boardroom-nonprofit, academic, government, entrepreneurship, investment, and corporate-profiling women directors who followed each of the six paths. L In so doing, Ms. Ghaffari shows how tougher governance standards and regulations in the post-Sarbanes-Oxley environment have created new opportunities for women directors to succeed. She documents the many positive indicators showing that more and more capable and talented business women are being invited into the boardroom not because it's the right thing to do, but because they bring the skills, experience, and perspective that contemporary boards value.L In IOutstanding in Their Field, R Ghaffari lets fifteen women directors tell the truth about how to find a seat at the board table. Each story is different; no one path or decision worked for every woman. Their advice closes each chapter, providing encouragement and perspective from over three decades of practical experience with public company boards of directors.L Simply put, IOutstanding in Their FieldR is a guide for women who seek to make a contribution to the nation's economic vitality at the board level-the center of corporate power.
Book News Annotation:
This volume outlines the steps women can take to become qualified and
competent directors on for-profit or corporate boards. Ghaffari
describes the six most prominent paths to success and women directors
who followed them through nonprofit, academic, government, corporate,
investment, and entrepreneurship fields. Fifteen women from
California Fortune 1000 firms (as of 2006-2007) are profiled. The
profiles include discussion about their decisions, lessons learned,
and various positions. Ghaffari is associated with a technology
advisory firm. Her Surveys of Women on Boards of Directors at
California-Based Fortune 1000 Firms provided the biographical and
research foundation for the volume.
Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Synopsis:
In a book businesswomen can rally around and use as a manual, an expert in female board representation shows what it takes to get nominated to a corporate board and become a productive and respected member.
Synopsis:
This book blazes a trail. Rather than focusing on lack of opportunity or loudly calling for the appointment of more women to boards, it simply shows women what they can do to get on boards. In its pages, businesswomen will gain refreshing insights into the many opportunities that exist for them to rise to leadership.
The result of two years' research and interviews, the book identifies specific steps a lady can take to become qualified and competent to serve at the very top-as a director on a for-profit corporate board. Arguing that women need to learn from the leaders, the author lets 15 female directors tell the truth about how to find a seat at the table. Each story is different; no one path or decision worked for every woman. Their advice closes each chapter, providing encouragement and perspective from over three decades of practical experience with public company boards.
