The Hour Glass Effect: Leveraging Female Talent for Your Competitive Advantage - Softcover

Wong, Dr. Tammy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1931945853 ISBN 13: 9781931945851

Publisher: Expert Pub Inc, 2008

Synopsis

Why does one business succeed while another barely holds on? Often the difference lies deeper than the obvious customer service, price comparison, or quality standards. The difference comes from the people in the organization -especially the women in leadership positions. Women initiatives are an untapped tool in the workforce that can benefit companies by fostering executive leadership. The Hour Glass Effect shows how women's programs help recruit, retain, and develop females, and also offers practical guidelines for those looking to create or move to a woman-friendly company. Leadership is a learned trait. Whether you're interested in fostering executive leadership in women or want to know more about women's initiative you want to read and share the ides in this book. Take the next step on your professional journey. Your success awaits.

About this title

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Don't Ignore the Roar

The world is always changing, but the rate of those changes has accelerated dramatically since the middle of the twentieth century. That change is seen in technology communications, the family, entertainment, and possibly the most significant of all, the workplace. Prior to World War II, the workplace was male-dominated. With few exceptions, males ran the companies.

With the labor shortage that came about during World War II, women filled many positions formerly held by males. This change was considered temporary and necessary brought on by the unique situations created by the war.

The number of women in the workplace increased dramatically over the next five decades. Women began to demand equal pay for equal work. They rightfully expected equal opportunities based on the results of their work, not their gender. Radios blared with the lyrics from Helen Reddy's song, "I am Woman, Hear Me Roar." That roar continues to grow louder.

The 1964 Civil Rights Act made discrimination against women in education or employment illegal. However, the passage of equal opportunity legislation did not ensure equal treatment. Consider the following.

During the five decades from 1950-2000, the number of women in the workforce steadily increased. In 2006, women accounted for over 50 percent of the total U.S. labor force, up from 29.6 percent in 1950.

Since 2000, the number of women in executive management positions has grown less than 1 percent annually; women make up less than 15 percent of executives in corporations....

Review:

"America is waging a war for talent and women are an underutilized secret weapon. If ever there was time in history that cried out for woman's leadership that time is now and Dr. Wong tells us how to leverage the women on your team to maximum advantage. --Lois Frankel, Ph.D., Author of See Jane Lead and Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office

About this edition

• Publisher: Expert Pub Inc
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1931945853
• ISBN 13: 9781931945851
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96