Women and Leadership

Name: Women and Leadership
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Deborah L. Rhode
ISBN: 9781541402447

Author: Deborah L. Rhode

Narrator: Jo Anna Perrin

Unabridged: 5 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/26/2019

Categories: Nonfiction, Law, Political Science, Women In Politics

Synopsis

In Women and Leadership, the eminent legal scholar Deborah L. Rhode focuses on women's underrepresentation in leadership roles and asks why it persists and what we can do about it. Although organizations generally stand to gain from increasing gender equity in leadership, women's underrepresentation is persistent and pervasive. Rhode explores the reasons, including women's family roles, unconscious gender bias, and exclusion from professional development networks. She stresses that we cannot address the problem at the individual level; instead, she argues that we need broad-based strategies that address the deep-seated structural and cultural conditions facing women. She surveys a range of professions in politics, management, law, and academia and draws from a survey of prominent women to develop solutions that can successfully chip away at the imbalance. These include developing robust women-to-women networks, enacting laws and policies that address work/life imbalances, and training programs that start at an earlier age. Rhode's clear exploration of the leadership gap and her compelling policy prescriptions will make this an essential book for anyone interested in leveling the playing field for women leaders in America.

About Deborah L. Rhode

Deborah L. Rhode is the Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law, the director of the Center on the Legal Profession, and the director of the Program in Law and Social Entrepreneurship at Stanford University. She was the founding president of the International Association of Legal Ethics, a president of the Association of American Law Schools, a chair of the American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession, the founding director of Stanford's Center on Ethics, and a former trustee of Yale University.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kiona Meade

Overall, a lot of good information and a slightly different “take” on this topic. I still find it frustrating that we don’t seem to have many good solutions to the problems for women in leadership. I feel like we have a good idea of what doesn’t work but identifying what does work seems to still be......more

Goodreads review by J.J.

Especially relevant to me was the chapter on women in academia but the other chapters help paint of view of women in the American workforce that needs to improve. Highly recommend for the contextual information and improvement women can have on American society.......more

Goodreads review by Darren

Women started to get a share of the leadership cake quite late in contemporary time and a lot more needs to be done to get true equality between the sexes, where an appointment is made solely on merit and is truly gender and background blind. This book takes a close look at the role and position wom......more

Goodreads review by Molly

The book was filled with research, proving over and again what we already know, that there isn’t gender equity in business, law, or academia. The information was interesting but I would have liked to hear more solutions and to learn what is working to move the needle.......more

Goodreads review by V

Interesting read about what the title says....women & leadership. Brings in good points women should consider and think of when going into any leadership position (or why they aren't going)......more