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Michael Gurian is a thought-leader, corporate consultant, family therapist, and the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-five books, including Leading Partners, The Wonder of Girls, Boys and Girls Learn Differently!, The Wonder of Boys, and The Minds of Boys.?The co-founder of the Gurian Institute, he has spearheaded a national effort to provide communities and corporations with training in brain-based gender issues.?
Barbara Annis is a thought-leader, corporate consultant on gender intelligence and inclusive leadership, CEO of Barbara Annis & Associates, and author of Same Words, Different Language. She has more than twenty years' experience as a specialist in gender issues in the workplace. Annis and her associates have delivered large-scale corporate projects on leadership, gender intelligence, and diversity. She also serves on the Harvard KSG Women's Leadership Board.
Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
Introduction: How Gender Intelligence Leads to Balanced, Authentic Leadership | p. xvii |
The Theory: Gender Intelligence-The Natural Differences Between Men and Women | p. 1 |
Understanding the Science of gender | p. 3 |
Getting to Know the Gender/Brain Spectrum | p. 7 |
Equal but Different Intelligence | p. 8 |
Burning Question: Are There Exceptions to the Gender Rules? | p. 15 |
Empowering Yourself and Your Corporation by Joining the Scientific Process | p. 18 |
The Lighthouse | p. 22 |
Summary | p. 24 |
Understanding How the Male and Female Brain Work Differently | p. 25 |
Three Primary Areas of Brain Difference | p. 26 |
Burning Question: Do Women Have to Become Men to Get Ahead? | p. 50 |
Moving Forward | p. 52 |
Summary | p. 55 |
Understanding How Men and Women Lead Differently | p. 56 |
Manifestations of Brain Differences in Leadership | p. 57 |
A Core Leadership Difference: Approaches to Being in Charge | p. 63 |
Balanced Leadership | p. 68 |
Leading Differently: The Success Story of Pam Gomez Gil | p. 68 |
Transforming Your Team | p. 71 |
A Pause for Breath | p. 72 |
Moving to Part Two | p. 76 |
Summary | p. 77 |
The Tools: Putting Gender Intelligence to Work Immediately | p. 79 |
Gendertool 1: Improving Your Negotiation Skills with Both Genders | p. 81 |
About Our Gender Tools | p. 81 |
The Science of Gender and Negotiation | p. 82 |
What Executives Have Said About Gender and Negotiation | p. 84 |
Applying Balanced Leadership to Negotiations | p. 87 |
Gendertool 2: Running a Gender-Balanced Meeting | p. 91 |
Improving Your Meetings: Using Ten Essential Gender-Balanced Management Skills | p. 95 |
Gendertool 3: Improving Your Communication Skills with Women and Men | p. 100 |
Focusing on Verbal Communication | p. 101 |
Burning Question: How Much Do You Have to Change Your Communication Style? | p. 106 |
Focusing on Nonverbal Communication | p. 107 |
Communication Differences in Sales | p. 109 |
Gendertool 4: Improving Your Conflict Resolution Skills with Men and Women | p. 113 |
Focusing on Conflict | p. 113 |
The Applications: Ensuring Gender-Balanced Leadership in the Long Term | p. 123 |
Helping Women: Retaining, Motivating, and Working with Female Talent | p. 125 |
Success Stories: How Gender-Balanced Leadership Improves the Bottom Line | p. 127 |
What Women Want? No, What Women Need! | p. 132 |
Confronting Obstacles to Meeting Women's Needs | p. 136 |
The Quiet Evolution | p. 149 |
Summary | p. 152 |
Helping Men: Recognizing Men's Leadership Strengths and Solving Issues Men Face | p. 153 |
Clarifying and Maximizing Men's Strengths | p. 155 |
Understanding Issues Men Face in Leadership | p. 167 |
Men's Issues (What Men Need) | p. 169 |
Men Need Work/Life Balance | p. 171 |
For Women: Tips for Supervising Men | p. 174 |
Bringing It All Together: A Final GenderTool | p. 176 |
Summary | p. 177 |
Gendertool 5: Practicing Gender-Intelligent Mentoring and Coaching in Your Corporation | p. 179 |
The Importance of Mentoring and Coaching in Gender Science | p. 181 |
GenderTool 5: Focusing on Mentoring and Coaching | p. 183 |
For Mentors: A Checklist | p. 186 |
Mentoring Women | p. 187 |
For Men: Tips for Supervising Women | p. 189 |
Mentoring Men | p. 191 |
Make Mentoring a Part of Your Corporation's Infrastructure | p. 194 |
Mentoring for the New Millennium | p. 196 |
Epilogue: The Future of Gender | p. 199 |
Notes and Resources | p. 201 |
Gender/Brain Spectrum Surveys for Men and Women | p. 215 |
The Authors | p. 223 |
Index | p. 227 |
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