Arrive and Thrive addresses the persistent problems women leaders face by offering seven actionable practices listeners can use to pave a smooth path to success. The executive chair of Deloitte's US board, Janet Foutty, teams up with two renowned women leaders-Susan MacKenty Brady and Lynn Perry Wooten-to show you how to overcome obstacles in your career. Packed with firsthand contributions from both men and women leaders of some of today's biggest...

"From a veteran Fortune 500 executive, how women can reach and succeed in top leadership positionsThough women hold a majority of the managerial and professional jobs in the workforce, they occupy a mere 14% of C-suite positions at Fortune 500 firms. To break through this stubborn glass ceiling, women must learn to take bold steps when career-defining moments arise. During her 33-year career at Southern Company, a Fortune 500 utility company, Becky...

Women are primed to level the corporate playing field. What does this mean for you? Absolutely nothing, if you don't know how to earn the respect and credibility it takes to see real traction in your career. In this book you'll find specific actions and answers you need to enter the executive suite, including: measurable steps you can take to enhance your reputation in five key areas: self-awareness, social skills, personal effectiveness, team building,...

Betsy Polk and Maggie Chotas have learned something powerful: when women work together they discover a level of support, flexibility, confidence, accountability, and freedom to be themselves that they rarely find in other work relationships. Drawing on their own twelve-year partnership and from interviews with 125 women business partners, Polk and Chotas demolish the myths that keep women from collaborating and offer advice for handling a host of...

John Kruger is a U.S. Marshall who 'erases' the lives and identities of people entering into the Witness Protection Program. His newest charge is an executive who has stumbled upon a deal to put a new superweapon into the wrong hands. It's a do-or-die assignment. Kruger plungs from an airplane after his parachute; turns ravenous alligators into instant luggage; outbrains ultratech security; and knocks out killers with hyper-velocity weapons.

"Plan your path to leadership with insight from real women at thetop In Real Women, Real Leadership, twenty-four women leadersdescribe their personal journeys to the top, providing deep insightand a fascinating perspective on "making it" as a woman in themale-dominated business environment. They discuss their experiencesand offer guidance on topics such as balancing family and career, building alliances, mentoring and being mentored, and overcomingobstacles...

Recent changes in big business has seen the expectations of employees evolve and the now demand a new style of communication from their leaders. We have seen unprecedented disruption through organisational change, levels of trust have plummeted, the collision of multigenerational workforces and with the rise and rise of technology baffling phrases and acronyms have proliferated. People have never felt so isolated and confused. This book reveals how...

Readers come to the topic of leadership development with multiple interests--intellectual, professional, and personal--and with curiosity about how to apply concepts and tools to themselves and to support others. Women's Leadership Development: Caring Environments and Paths to Transformation addresses these concerns. The book offers an interdisciplinary framework of leadership effectiveness and brings this framework to life with detailed and illuminating...

"When she was 11 years old Julissa Arce left Mexico and came to the United States on a tourist visa to be reunited with her parents, who dreamed the journey would secure her a better life. When her visa expired at the age of 15, she became an undocumented immigrant. Thus began her underground existence, a decades long game of cat and mouse, tremendous family sacrifice, and fear of exposure. After the Texas Dream Act made a college degree possible,...

"How women can make it to the top by adopting the new rules of leadershipWomen hold just 11 percent of the most senior-level leadership positions in U.S. Corporations--a number that hasn't changed in over 30 years. How can women break through? Break Your Own Rules distills the six faulty assumptions (or "rules") most women follow that get in the way--then delivers the correlating new rules that promise to clear that path. For example, the old rule...