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Women with attitude : lessons for management
- Title
- Women with attitude : lessons for management / Susan Vinnicombe & John Bank.
- Author
- Vinnicombe, Susan.
- Publication
- New York ; London : Routledge, 2002.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Bank, John.
- Description
- xvi, 306 pages : portraits; 25 cm
- Summary
- "A groundbreaking study of women in management, entrepreneurship and the politics of leadership, Women with Attitude includes interviews with Barbara Cassani of Go Fly Airlines, Camelot's Dianne Thompson, Pearson's Dame Marjorie Scardino and Anita Roddick of The Body Shop fame. It brings individual stories of success together with expert research into the emergence of women entrepreneurs, aspects of leadership, and the politics of breaking into the boardroom."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Preface / Harriet Harman -- Pt. I. The Veuve Clicquot dimension -- The story of Madame Clicquot -- The Business Woman of the Year Award -- Pt. II. The profiles -- Barbara Cassani, CEO, Go Fly -- Dianne Thompson, CEO, Camelot -- Nikki Beckett, CEO, NSB Retail Systems plc -- Anne Wood CBE, founder and creative director, Ragdoll Productions -- Dame Marjorie Scardino, CEO, Pearson -- Patricia Vaz, executive director, BT Retail -- Patsy Bloom, founder and former chief executive, Pet Plan Group -- Phyllis Cunningham CBE, former chief executive, The Royal Marsden Hospital -- Prue Leith OBE, founder, Leith School of Food and Wine -- Ann Gloag, founder, Stagecoach -- Mair Barnes, former CEO, Woolworths -- Sophie Mirman OBE, founder, Sock Shop and CEO, Trotters -- Anita Roddick OBE, founder, The Body Shop -- Debbie Moore, CEO, Pineapple -- Verity Lambert, chief executive, Cinema Verity -- Ann Burdus, former chairman and chief executive, McCann and Company Group --
- Ase Aulie Michelet, president of Amersham Health, Norway -- Marianne Nilson, managing director, Atlet, a family-owned truck manufacturer, Sweden -- Monique Moulle-Zetterstrom, managing director, Orange mobile phones, Denmark -- Pt. III. The commentary -- Making it to the top -- Emerging women entrepreneurs -- Personal definitions of success -- Leadership with a difference -- Breaking into the corporate boardroom -- Career strategy checklist: accelerating your career.
- ISBN
- 0415287421
- LCCN
- 2002068253
- OCLC
- 506167264
- ocn506167264
- SCSB-4322839
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries