Groundbreakers: Using the Strength of Women to rebuild the World Economy
Published by Ernst & Young

Centered Leadership: How Talented Women Thrive
By Joanna Barsh, Susie Cranston, and Rebecca A. Craske

A new approach to leadership can help women become more self-confident and effective business leaders.

Leadership and the Sexes
By Michael Gurian and Barbara Annis

Gender intelligence, or lack thereof, can impact every aspect of a business’s success.

Why Men Have Stronger Professional Networks than Women
By Kevin Fogarty

Research indicates that the glass ceiling is firm. And the reason why may surprise you. It‘s not your gender, it‘s your network.

Recommended Reading about Women and Leadership from University faculty across the country.

Leaders Make the Future Self Assessment
By Bob Johansen, Distinguished Fellow, Institute for the Future

Given the future forces of the next decade, where do you stack up in terms of your current leadership skills? Are you ready to lead in a future that will be volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous? Take this self-assessment to rate your own readiness for the future – given the forces of the next decade – as well as draw some conclusions about leadership in the years to come.

Women in Leadership Roles: From Politically Correct to Competitive Advantage
From Germane Consulting

This article highlights two compelling business imperatives for increasing the presence of women in top leadership roles in U.S. based companies.

Women in Fund Management: A Road Map for Achieving Critical Mass - and Why It Matters
from the National Council for Research on Women

This report explores gender differences in investment decision-making, including evidence that women bring a more holistic and risk-intelligent approach to the table, and lays out an action plan for increasing women's access to leadership.

Engaging Men in Gender Initiatives: What Change Agents Need to Know
by Catalyst

When it comes to diversity and inclusion efforts – especially initiatives to eliminate gender bias – Catalyst believes that men have a critical role to play.

Women and the Labyrinth of Leadership
By Alice H. Eagly and Linda L. Carli in the Harvard Business Review, Sept. 2007

When you put all the pieces together, a new picture emerges for why women don’t make it into the C–suite. It's not the glass ceiling, but the sum of many obstacles along the way.

The Bottom Line: Corporate Performance and Women's Representation on Boards by Catalyst

Shows that companies with more women on their boards outpace those with the least in return on invested capital by 66 percent.

A Business Case for Women
by McKinsey Quarterly

Shows a higher EBITDA for companies with women in significant leadership roles.

Women in the Executive Suite Correlate to High Profits
by the Harvard Business Review

Shows that the 25 Top 500 firms with the best record of promoting women to high positions are between 18 and 69 percent more profitable than the median Top 500 firms in their industries.

In Banking Crisis, Guys Get the Blame
by Kevin Sullivan and Mary Jordan

LONDON, Feb. 10 – Fred, Tom, Andy, Dennis, Eric, John, Stephen, Antonio and Paul ran British banks that lost billions of dollars.