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The Female Advantage in Leadership
According to my guest today, Sally Helgesen, women have a distinct advantage in leadership. Sally has done extensive research on women leaders and we will learn from her what are the characteristics of outstanding women leaders and why these characteristics are so desirable and necessary. In our discussion today, we will learn not only the advantage to female leadership but much about leadership in general. Sally will also share with us a successful strategy for building great organizations with what she calls a web of inclusion architecture. The Female Vision: Women’s Real Power at Work, Sally’s newest work which she co-authored with Julie Johnson, was just released and we will get a sneak peak at what to expect in this new work
Featured Guest
Sally Helgesen is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and leadership development consultant. Her five books include The Web of Inclusion: A New Architecture for Building Great Organizations, cited in The Wall Street Journal as one of the best books on leadership of all time, and The Female Advantage: Women’s Ways of Leadership, hailed as “the classic work” on women’s leadership styles.
Sally has developed and delivered customized programs for hundreds of the world’s leading corporations, partnership firms, universities, and non-profits. She also works privately with entrepreneurs as a strategic communications coach.
Sally has taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Smith College, been visiting scholar at Northwestern University, and has worked with The United Nations in Africa and Asia.
Articles about Sally’s work have been featured in Fortune, Business Week, and Fast Company, and she has appeared on hundreds of television and radio shows.
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