Recognizing Women's Leadership: Strategies and Best Practices for Employing Excellence

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According to recent data on women leaders across all major sectors in the United States, women are outperforming men but earning less and still hitting the glass ceiling. This book uncovers the best practices to remedy these inequities, optimize performance, and benefit both genders. • Elevates the conversation about why women's leadership is still lacking in the United States and debunks typical myths about gender disparity in the U.S. workforce • Offers strategies and best practices for companies and organizations to ensure excellence • Presents findings based on current research and analysis on thousands of positions across hundreds of companies in 14 sectors • Provides insights from interviews with representatives of several of the most successful companies in the United States about their practices that help ensure excellence

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