Women's Leadership challenges traditional concepts of leadership that draw on the male experience and offers an alternative construction that emerges from the female experience. Highlighting leadership's social, cultural and political roots, the authors argue that leadership is neither a free floating nor a gender neutral concept.
Introduction PART I: UNDERSTANDINGS OF WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP Leadership and Leadership Development: common understandings Visualising Women's Leadership: stereotypes and metaphors PART II: GENDER, WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP Women's Experiences of Becoming Leaders Gender Matters PART III: PROGRESSING WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP Women's Leadership Identity Women Learning Leadership Looking to the future: Reflections and conclusions