Women and the Leadership Q: Revealing the Four Paths to Influence and Power - Softcover

Zichy, Shoya

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007176318X ISBN 13: 9780071763189

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2000

Synopsis

Using Leadership Q—a 38-item, self-scoring, gender-neutral test, developed by Shoya Zichy and based upon the work of Carl Jung — women can identify which of the four profile groups best matches their leadership personalities and then goes on to explore which of the eight subsets, or specific leadership styles, applies to them. Women and the Leadership Q includes exercises that help readers further refine their own styles, build upon their strengths, and minimize their weaknesses. In addition, interviews and profiles of more than thirty-eight internationally well-known women illustrate the different groups and their leadership styles. Profiles include: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Governor Christie Whitman, Diane Sawyer, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Wendy Wasserstein, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, and Alexandra Lebenthal. (20000821)

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From the Back Cover:

Success secrets of today’s most accomplished women A New Framework for Understanding—and Mastering—Your Natural Leadership Skills ABC journalist Diane Sawyer ... Maryland Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend ... Fortune president Jolene Sykes ... each of these accomplished women—along with the three dozen other women interviewed and profiled in Women and the Leadership Q—has worked to identify her personal strengths, overcome her weak spots, and carve her own path to unqualified success. Now, let author Shoya Zichy’s innovative, interactive Leadership Q Self-Assessment system reveal your leadership personality. Are you a "Blue Strategist" like Prudential Institutional CEO Jean Hamilton? A "Green Advocate" like Playwright Wendy Wasserstein? Regardless of your personality type, a 38-item test will help you pinpoint your leadership style, then measure your skills against highly successful women with similar styles—to develop specific strategies for increasing your leadership effectiveness. Every woman has leadership skills within her. The self-assessment tests, exercises, and profiles in Women and the Leadership Q will bring your skills into the open—and help you create your own roadmap to career fulfillment and success. Women and the Leadership Q A Breakthrough System for Achieving Influence and Power Shoya Zichy "I believe every successful person has had setbacks—it is the way they use obstacles that determines their ultimate achievement." --Kay Bailey Hutchison U.S. Senator, Texas It’s no secret that the key to long-term success lies in melding your entire personality, both strengths and weaknesses, into a consistent, effective leadership style. Women and the Leadership Q is a hands-on, compelling method for discovering basic leadership personality styles, observing them in action—and building from them to identify and make the best use of your own leadership skills. Author Shoya Zichy interviews leading women from all walks of life—government, business, entertainment—who share your innate leadership personality. She then helps you to uncover and understand your own leadership dynamic—and use that dynamic as the key to your success. "Sometimes, people will call me brusque and determined ... what it actually means is that I’m independent and focused." --Christie Todd Whitman Governor, New Jersey To achieve success you must first embrace your own individuality. Women and the Leadership Q—based upon the groundbreaking work of Carl Jung and world-famous personality tests—is nothing less than a step-by-step guidebook for self-discovery and success. As we cross into the 21st century it has become clear that, while every effective leader is dynamic in her own way, there exist distinct and identifiable leadership styles. Women and the Leadership Q clearly defines those styles, shows you how to determine your own place within the style continuum, and helps you gauge yourself against accomplished women with similar personality types—enhancing your leadership capabilities in all areas of life.

About the Author:

Shoya Zichy heads a New York City-based consulting firm that specializes in executive coaching and training programs using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator“ and the Keirsey Temperament model. Zichy’s work has been profiled in Fortune and Plan Sponsor magazines and on CNN. Her firm’s client list includes Con Edison, Deloitte & Touche, Standard & Poor’s, and The Northern Trust Bank. Previously she had a fifteen-year career in marketing at Merrill Lynch and American Express. Today, her proprietary research linking personality to investment behavior is the cornerstone of Peter Tanous’s bestselling The Wealth Equation and of a unique new web-based coaching facility designed for 401(k) participants. www.LeadershipQ.com

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 007176318X
• ISBN 13: 9780071763189
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 338