Women with Attitude: Lessons for Career Management

This book answers all the questions you?ve ever wanted to ask top-ranking women directors: How did they make it to the top? What do they think of their success? How does it affect their lives? It brings individual stories of accomplishment together with expert research into the emergence of women entrepreneurs, aspects of leadership, and the politics of breaking into the boardroom.

Here, nineteen top-achieving businesswomen tell the stories of their career success. A groundbreaking study of women in management, entrepreneurship and the politics of leadership, it includes interviews with Barbara Cassani of Go Fly airlines, Camelot's Dianne Thompson, Pearson's Dame Majorie Scardino and Anita Roddick of The Body Shop. All winners of the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year Award, their diverse lives have been brought together here for the first time.

A fascinating insight into the minds and lives of some of the world's top businesswomen, this is a must-read for those seeking inspiration and advice.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-300) and index.

Barbara Cassani, CEO, Go Fly -- Dianne Thompson, CEO, Camelot -- Nikki Beckett, CEO, NSB Retal Systems plc -- Anne Wood CBE, founder and creative director, Ragdoll Productions -- Dame Marjorie Scardino, CEO, Pearson -- Patricia Vaz, executive director, BT Retail -- Patsy Bloom, founder and former chief executive, Pet Plan Group -- Phillis Cunningham CBE, former chief executive, The Royal Marsden Hospital -- Prue Leith OBE, founder, Leith School of Food and Wine -- Ann Gloag, founder, Stagecoach -- Mair Barnes, former CEO, Woolworths -- Sophie Mirman OBE, founder, Sock Shop and CEO, Trotters -- Anita Roddick OBE, founder, The Body Shop -- Debbie Moore, CEO, Pineapple -- Verity Lambert, chief executive, Cinema Verity -- Ann Burdus, former chairman and chief executive, McCann and Company Group -- êAse Aulie Michelet, president of Amersham Health, Norway -- Marianne Nilson, managing director, Atlet, a family-owned truck manufacturer, Sweden -- Monique Moullâe-Zetterstrèom, managing director, Orange mobile phones, Denmark.