How Remarkable Women Lead
  • Published: 1 March 2012
  • ISBN: 9780307461704
  • Imprint: Crown
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $39.99

How Remarkable Women Lead

The Breakthrough Model for Work and Life

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The book that does for leadership, women, and business what Martin Seligman's Learned Optimism did for psychology--powerful research-based insights using great stories that show readers how to reach the pinnacle and enjoy the journey taking them there.

The Remarkable discoveries about what drives and sustains successful women leaders.

Based on five years of proprietary research, How Remarkable Women Lead speaks to you as no other book has, with its hopeful outlook and unique ideas about success. It's the new "right stuff" of leadership, raising provocative issues such as whether feminine leadership traits (for women and men) are better suited for our fast-changing, hyper-competitive, and increasingly complex world.

The authors, McKinsey & Company consultants Joanna Barsh and Susie Cranston, establish the links between joy, happiness, and distinctive performance with the groundbreaking model of Centered Leadership.

The book's personal stories and related insights show you the magic that happens when you put the five elements of Centered Leadership–meaning, framing, connecting, engaging, and energizing–to work. They include:

• How Alondra de la Parra built on her strengths and passions to infuse her life with meaning and make her way in the male-dominated world of orchestra conducting
• How Andrea Jung, the CEO of Avon, avoided a downward spiral when the company turned down by "firing herself" on Friday and re-emerging on Monday as the "new" turnaround CEO
• How Ruth Porat's sponsors at Morgan Stanley not only helped her grow but were also her ballast for coping with difficult personal and professional times
•How Eileen Naughton recovered after losing her dream job, landing on her feet at Google and open to a new leadership opportunity
• How Julie Coates of Woolworth's Australia makes energy key to her professional success, with reserves for her "second shift" as wife and mother

How Remarkable Women Lead is both profoundly moving and actionable. Woman or man, you'll find yourself in its pages and emerge with a practical plan for breaking through at both work and in life.

  • Published: 1 March 2012
  • ISBN: 9780307461704
  • Imprint: Crown
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $39.99
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About the authors

Joanna Barsh

JOANNA BARSH joined McKinsey & Company in 1981 and is a senior partner. Along with her consulting work, she leads the McKinsey Centered Leadership Project, whose goal is to help develop women leaders. Joanna is a New York City Commissioner of Women’s Issues and received the Girl Scouts Council Woman of Distinction Award and the National Council of Research on Women Award. Joanna is also a trustee of Sesame Workshop. She was a Baker Scholar at Harvard Business School.

SUSIE CRANSTON is an organization consultant at McKinsey & Company’s San Francisco office. As part of the McKinsey Centered Leadership Project, Susie led a team that completed the research for the Centered Leadership model. She received a B.A. and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.

Praise for How Remarkable Women Lead


Praise for How Remarkable Women Lead:

  • "Full of compelling real-life narratives and useful insights for those seeking to get out into the bustling, confusing, irreverent and potentially rewarding life of the 21st century." --- Forbes
  • "Packed with revealing anecdotes from women in high places." --- Businessweek

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