Women's Leadership Journeys

1. Introduction Sherylle J. Tan and Lisa DeFrank-Cole Part I: Women's Leadership Journeys: Stories from Women Leaders 2. Expanding Possibilities: Matrilineal Stories of Leadership Lisa DeFrank-Cole and Elaine Hunchuck DeFrank 3. Life Is What We Make It Barbara Barrett 4. The Right Kind of Girl: Resistance Faced and Support Offered to Women on the Journey to Board Chair Heather Inez Ricks Scott 5. Searching for a Presidency: Lessons for Women in American Higher Education Carolyn J. Stefanco 6. From Wall Street to Social Entrepreneurship Connie K. Duckworth Part II: Navigating the Journey 7. Entrepreneurial Transitions: Meeting the Need for Balance and Challenge in Navigating the Leadership Journey Sherylle J. Tan and Claudia Raigoza 8. Navigating Leadership: How Diverse Women Learn and Progress towards their Leadership Aspirations and Goals Cindy Pace 9. Courage: Mapping the Leadership Journey Joan Marques 10. Defining Moments: Aspects of a Four-Day Women's Leadership Development Institute That Changed Participants' Self-Perceptions of Leadership Capacity Karen A. Longman, Carrie Stockton, Andrew T. Bolger, Athena R. Castro, and Sandy L. Hough 11. Women's Leader Identity Development: Building a Team for the Journey S. Lynn Shollen 12. Efficacy and Growth Mindsets Buffer Against Identity Threat for Women in Leadership Positions Crystal L. Hoyt and Jeni L. Burnette Part III: Looking at Women's Leadership Journeys Ahead: Cutting Edge Perspectives 13. The Leader-Follower Cycle: Using Followership as a Means to Empower Women Lisa DeFrank-Cole and Brent Bishop 14. Leadership and Lactation Barbara Kellerman 15. Do Competitive Environments Push Good Female Leaders Away? Competition and the Leadership Gender Gap Jeffrey A. Flory 16. Looking Forward: The Contours of Women's Representation in U.S. Politics Vanessa C. Tyson 17. What is Next for Women and Leadership Research and Theory? Making a Critical Impact for the Future Susan R. Madsen and Jolyn Dahlvig