The Feminine Quest for Success How to Prosper in Business and Be True to Yourself

by BANCROFT, NANCY

• ISBN13: 9781881052623
• ISBN10: 1881052621
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-06-01
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Summary

The Feminine Quest for Success provides a unique picture of five different Success Strategies women use to be successful in the business world. Bancroft gives numerous personal examples and shows how women have come to use these techniques on the road to personal fulfilment and professional success. Based on interviews with forty-five women from a wide range of industries and career levels, and whose age range spans 50 years.

Author Biography

Nancy H. Bancroft is a consultant, speaker, and author in the area of individual and organizational change. She is president of Bancroft, Brite & Associates, a management consulting and training firm, and specializes in the human and organizational aspects of change and in organizational vitality. She is the author of New Partnerships for Managing Technological Change and The Feminine Quest for Success.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: Taking Courage in Our Wholeness
The Role of Self-Alignment at Work
The Double-Edged Sword: Trade-offs and Contradictions at Work	p. 3
A Model for Self-Alignment	p. 21
Different Genders: Different Styles	p. 45
The Five Success Strategies
The Emulator	p. 69
The Trooper	p. 85
The Balancer	p. 99
The Seeker	p. 113
The Integrator	p. 129
How to Increase Self-Alignment
Discovering Self-Alignment: Awareness, Acceptance, Action	p. 149
The Success Strategies as Paths to Self-Alignment	p. 161
Changing the Business Environment
Coming Full Circle: A Fresh View of the Organizational Challenge	p. 177
Bibliography	p. 191
Index	p. 195
The Author	p. 201
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