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Rising stars : developing millennial women as leaders / Elisabeth Kelan.

Kelan, Elisabeth. (Author).

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ISBN: 9780230294011
ISBN: 0230294014
Physical Description: xvii, 189 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-183) and index.

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Women as leaders -- Millennials as leaders -- Millennial women as leaders -- Role models : searching for the ideal business woman -- Authenticity : telling your own story -- Experiential learning : evolving through feedback and coaching -- Formal education : learning as a rite of passage -- Visibility : the politics of networking and appearance -- Organizational culture : the power of the ideal worker.

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Women > Vocational guidance.
Leadership in women.
Young women.
Generation Y.
Women executives.
Career development.

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Rising Stars : Developing Millennial Women As Leaders

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Rising Stars : Developing Millennial Women As Leaders

Section	Section Description	Page Number
	List of figures and table	p. xi
	Foreword	p. xiii
	Acknowledgements	p. xv
1	Introduction	p. 1
	Introduction	p. 1
	The intersectionality between gender and generation	p. 3
	Building the heuristic	p. 8
	The research evidence	p. 11
	Structure of this book	p. 16
	Conclusion	p. 17
2	Women as Leaders	p. 18
	Introduction	p. 18
	Gender segregation at work	p. 18
	The business case for gender diversity	p. 21
	Framing gender	p. 24
	A gendered approach to leadership development	p. 26
	Conclusion	p. 30
3	Millennial as Leaders	p. 31
	Introduction	p. 31
	Researching changing generations	p. 32
	Generational trait changes	p. 33
	Work-life balance and social responsibility	p. 37
	Individualization and the quarter-life crisis	p. 38
	Paradigm shifts around work and technology	p. 42
	A generational approach to leadership development	p. 46
	Conclusion	p. 48
4	Millennial Women as Leaders	p. 49
	Introduction	p. 49
	Blurring gender	p. 50
	The decline of the male breadwinner model	p. 53
	Millennial women and feminism	p. 55
	Millennial women and self-confidence	p. 57
	Developing Millennial women as leaders	p. 60
	Conclusion	p. 60
5	Role Models - Searching for the Ideal Business Woman	p. 62
	Introduction	p. 62
	Gendered identification at work	p. 63
	Idealization - ideal leaders as role models	p. 67
	Admiration - the admired senior woman	p. 69
	Composite role models and new mentoring connections	p. 73
	Signature practice: Achieving balanced leadership through reciprocal mentoring	p. 75
	Signature practice: Encouraging a multiplicity of sponsoring relationships	p. 76
	Conclusion	p. 78
6	Authenticity - Telling Your Own Story	p. 79
	Introduction	p. 79
	Authenticity as narrative	p. 80
	Authentic leadership development	p. 82
	The public and the private	p. 84
	Women as authentic leaders	p. 86
	Fitting the mould	p. 87
	Managing your image online	p. 89
	Leadership development that breaks the mould	p. 91
	Signature practice: Envisioning being a leader	p. 93
	Signature practice: Virtually crafting authenticity narratives	p. 95
	Conclusion	p. 96
7	Experiential Learning - Evolving through Feedback and Coaching	p. 98
	Introduction	p. 98
	Reinventing skills and careers	p. 99
	Learning through feedback	p. 102
	Coaches to guide development	p. 105
	Living with insecurity	p. 109
	Feeding forward to ensure employability	p. 110
	Signature practice: Growing through coaching and feedback	p. 111
	Conclusion	p. 113
8	Formal Education - Learning as a Rite of Passage	p. 115
	Introduction	p. 115
	Rites of passage	p. 116
	Gender and MBAs	p. 118
	Launching yourself	p. 120
	The gendered culture of MBA education	p. 124
	Learning to be inclusive leaders	p. 127
	Signature practice: Alternative approaches to delivering MBA programmes	p. 129
	Conclusion	p. 130
9	Visibility - The Politics of Networking and Appearance	p. 132
	Introduction	p. 132
	Visibility - a double-edged sword for women leaders	p. 133
	Millennial women's experiences of women's networks	p. 137
	Standing out - the advantages of being a woman	p. 140
	Dressing the part	p. 142
	The right type of visibility	p. 143
	Signature practice: Buddying up Ã» developing networks	p. 145
	Signature practice: Creating visibility through networking and shortlisting	p. 146
	Conclusion	p. 149
10	Organizational Culture - The Power of the Ideal Worker	p. 150
	Cultures of organizations - the unspoken rules and the ideal worker	p. 152
	Beyond balance - work-life integration	p. 154
	The long-hours culture	p. 157
	Belonging in transient working practices	p. 160
	Meaning-giving practices	p. 162
	Signature practice: Changing organizational cultures	p. 164
	Conclusion	p. 165
11	Conclusion	p. 167
	Introduction	p. 167
	From developing the heuristic to applying it	p. 168
	From theory to practice and back	p. 172
	Conclusion	p. 172
	Notes	p. 174
	References	p. 175
	Index	p. 184

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