The Lost Leaders How Corporate America Loses Women Leaders [Hardcover]

The Lost Leaders presents the personal stories of women who achieved success in corporate leadership, but have chosen to abandon their careers, providing a fascinating glimpse of the culture that exists in the contemporary corporation.PART I: ACCIDENTAL CAREERS Introduction to Part One 1. Colleen Roberts  2. Judy Samuels 3. Joyce Williams 4. Nancy Michaels  5. Other 'Lost Leaders' PART II: CORPORATE AMERICA Introduction to Part Two  6. The Old Boys' Network  7. The Acceptable Band 8. The Ideal Worker 9. Against The Law 10. The Toxic Workplace PART III: HOPES FOR THE FUTURE Introduction to Part Three  11. Still Working 12. Self Employment 13. Workplace Flexibility 14. Diversity Initiatives 15. A Woman President of the United States Conclusion

In The Lost Leaders, Rebekah Heppner gives voice to the exodus of executive women from corporate America. This compelling collection of oral histories provides a behind the scenes account of why these talented women left and why they are not going back. Their stories bring to life the cultural barriers that undermine women's efforts to get to the top. - Marianne Cooper, Lead Researcher, Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In; Professor of Sociology, Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University, USA

Training her anthropologist's eye on corporate culture, Rebekah Heppner provides an inside look at the slow process of workplace change to accommodate the influx of women, the waste of resources involved, and the great survival skills of her subjects. The Lost Leaders is a captivating, eye-opening read. - Elizabeth Gregory, Professor, University of Houston, USA; Author, Ready: Why Women Are Embracing the New Later Motherhood

The Lost Leaders is a fascinating and highly readable tale about the reasons that successful women have chosen to leave high level corporate positions. Based on a series of in-depth interviews lÃ4