ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |4 pages

Award

chapter |16 pages

Go Fly

chapter |10 pages

Camelot

chapter |10 pages

NSB Retail Systems plc

chapter |12 pages

CEO, Pearson

chapter |14 pages

BT Retail

chapter |16 pages

Leith School of Food and Wine

chapter |16 pages

Stagecoach

chapter |10 pages

Woolworths

chapter |10 pages

Sock Shop and CEO, Trotters

chapter |18 pages

The Body Shop

chapter |12 pages

Pineapple

chapter |12 pages

Cinema Verity

chapter |6 pages

Amersham Health, Norway

chapter |26 pages

boardroom