TY - BOOK AU - Vanderbroeck,Paul ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Leadership Strategies for Women: Lessons from Four Queens on Leadership and Career Development T2 - Management for Professionals, SN - 9783642396236 AV - HD28-70 U1 - 650 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Imprint: Springer KW - Economics KW - Industrial management KW - Economics/Management Science KW - Management/Business for Professionals KW - Business Strategy/Leadership KW - Human Resource Management N1 - Introduction -- I Cleopatra VII: Leveraging Difference -- II Isabella of Spain: A woman With Visions -- III Elizabeth I of England: Managing a Team of Men -- IV Catherine the Great: Leading Strategic Growth -- V Four Queens: Lessons in Career Development -- VI Four Queens: Lessons in Leadership N2 - How do women leaders make it to the top of an organization? How can women stay at the top when most of their colleagues are men? What should women do to exercise leadership well? This book tells the stories of four powerful women who knew the answers to these three questions. Therefore, this book also explicitly identifies the key factors in these leaders’ career success, and it elucidates the competencies that enabled the women to exercise leadership effectively. The four success stories offer women who already serve in leadership roles and those who aspire to become great leaders both inspiration and practical lessons that can be applied to real-world challenges UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39623-6 ER -