From the Inside Flap
A Dynamic Look At How Women Around The World Are Creating Change And Opportunity Through Business.
Consider these statistics:
Women do about 66% of the world's work but earn only 10% of the world's income.
Women produce 50% of the world's food but own just 1% of its farmland.
Of those living in extreme poverty, 60% are women and girls.
Nearly 55% of children who do not attend school are girls.
Although these statistics demonstrate the unfair burden that women carry, they are also an indication of the opportunity for change that exists.
In Leading with Care, management expert Mary Cantando examines the stories of trailblazing women in the developing world who, with help from the nonprofit organization CARE, have capitalized on personal and professional opportunities on the road to establishing self-sufficiency. As their stories reveal, through CARE, women around the world have overcome adversity to build new businesses, improve their health, prioritize education, and foster change in their communities.
But adversity can be found in every area of the world, and the book also includes the unique stories of top female executives who have similarly taken control of their lives, risen above their hardscrabble beginnings, and sought to give back locally and globally. Featuring new interviews from leaders at major global organizations such as Procter & Gamble, the Women's National Basketball Association, Intercontinental Hotels Group, the General Mills Foundation, and Meredith Publishing Group, among many others, this book offers a look at how women around the world are not only inspiring but creating change. Cantando then maps out how readers can apply the lessons and best practices of these women in their own companies, whether they're C-suite executives at multinational corporations or run part-time businesses out of their home.
In an ever-shifting world, Care's message is timeless. Leading with Care shows how CARE's proven approach to building self-sufficiency, in any economy, in any nation, gives us all hope and the power to create our own secure futures.
Your purchase of Leading With Care makes a difference. A percentage of the author's book royalties, with a minimum of $10,000, will support CARE's work with women in developing countries.
Care fights root causes of poverty in the world's poorest communities. CARE places special focus on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty. In more than 65 countries, women are at the heart of CARE's community-based efforts to improve education, health, and economic opportunity. Each year, CARE helps tens of millions of people around the world effect real, positive changes in their lives.
From the Back Cover
Leading with Care
How women around the world are inspiring businesses, empowering communities, and creating opportunity
Mary Cantando
Foreword by Sheila C. Johnson
Founder and CEO, Salamander Hospitality & Global Ambassador, CARE
Praise for Leading with Care
"I have been inspired by Care's success in supporting women's best instincts with programs that help women in every culture meet their highest potential. LEADING WITH CARE will inspire you to see the power in every woman's potential."
—Sharon Lawrence, actress/producer and chair, Women in Film Foundation
"Mary Cantando leads us with care through an unexpected new universe of role models: women struggling to feed their families in Niger, build micro businesses in Peru, and teach fellow villagers to read in Malawi. She has poured her passion for helping women and guiding their successes into the pages of LEADING WITH CARE."
—Susan Phillips Bari, president and CEO, Leader to Leader Institute
"Women continue to push forward to make important things happen for themselves and those around them. In some of the most unlikely places on earth, they have become the leaders of their communities. In LEADING WITH CARE, Mary Cantando provides a unique learning experience through the eyes of women across the globe and shows you why and how this mind shift is happening. UPS is proud to join with CARE in enabling this upward momentum of women everywhere."
—Ken Sternad, president, The UPS Foundation
"Leading With Care is an inspiring read for any woman in business. This book introduces you to amazing mentors that you'll not find elsewhere."
—Karen Kerrigan, president and CEO, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
"Every woman must read Leading With Care. Each of these women, with the odds stacked against her, has come out on top because someone cared. To have all these insights and experiences collected in one place—what an incredible inspiration and resource!"
—Barbara Kasoff, cofounder and president, Women Impacting Public Policy
"There are important lessons to be learned from women in all corners of the globe, and LEADING WITH CARE teaches those lessons. Any woman who is serious about business must read this book."
—Monica Smiley, publisher, Enterprising Women Magazine
