Women's Leadership »

VALERIE STEAD is an Independent Consultant and Fellow at Lancaster University. CAROLE ELLIOT is Lecturer, Department of Management Learning, Lancaster University Management School.

This book explores different concepts of leadership, and presents an alternative construction that is female, non-hierarchical, and underpinned and driven by values, rooted in community and beyond the boundaries of traditional organizations.

Introduction 1

Pt. I Understandings of Women's Leadership

1 Common Understandings: Leadership and Leadership Development 15

2 Visualising Women's Leadership : Stereotypes and Metaphors 40

Pt. II Gender, Women and Leadership

3 Women's Experiences of Becoming Leaders 63

4 Gender Matters 88

Pt. III Progressing Women's Leadership

5 Women's Leadership Identity 117

6 Women Learning Leadership 134

7 Reflections and Conclusions 162

References 172

Index 184