Creating women's networks : a how-to guide for women and companies
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Creating women's networks : a how-to guide for women and companies
(The Jossey-Bass business & management series)
Jossey-Bass, c1999
1st ed
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Discover a dynamic new force in leadership development. This remarkable guide shows companies exactly how they can better retain and increase leadership talent through the establishment of women's networks--networks that link specific female employee concerns and larger organizational goals in ways that bolster the bottom line. Based on the cutting-edge research of Catalyst--America's foremost nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of women in business--this guide explains why women's networks are valuable. It shows how companies large and small have leveraged women's networks to their advantage. And it provides a detailed framework readers can follow to create a network within their organization. Charged with first-person success stories, it will prove invaluable to executives and managers concerned with decreasing turnover, increasing employee satisfaction, and optimizing the leadership potential of their entire work force.
Table of Contents
Foreward by Sheila Wellington.
BEGINNINGS.
Do You Need A Network?
The Right Roles and Goals for Your Network.
On Your Mark, Get Set: Getting Organized and Started.
IT'S UP AND RUNNING, NOW WHAT?
Want Real Power? Build Companywide Support.
You've Arrived! Putting Your Plans into Action.
Stay Focused! Keeping on Track as the Network Ages.
What If You Face Real Problems? How to Make Them Coquerable Challenges.
Appendix A. Catalyst's Summary Findings from the Women's Workplace.
Appendix B. Examples from the Women's Network.
by "Nielsen BookData"