In Members of the Club, an insightful look at life at the top for senior women executives, Driscoll and Goldberg suggest that the well-publicized but outdated concept of the "glass ceiling" masks the real issues at stake. Drawing on in-depth interviews with many of America's women corporate leaders, the authors persuasively demonstrate that a woman can reach the top of the corporate world if she knows the correct strategies. To illustrate their point, the authors clearly lay out the routes that these and other women have successfully used to move into the exclusive circle of economic leaders. They show how women executives are becoming adept at bringing in business clients and detail the powerful "rainmaking" strategies corporate women are now using. They also discuss the importance of establishing one's personal influence in the larger business community and beyond, revealing the effective communication styles and sophisticated media relations employed by top women executives. In addition, the authors show how women are finally overcoming the traditional corporate bias against utilizing female executives in international assignments as they move into key overseas posts so critical to professional success. And Driscoll and Goldberg demonstrate the importance of women's professional networks as leadership training grounds for women at all levels. Finally, the authors explain that while the reported glass ceiling has not deterred today's senior women executives, these and younger women do still experience a much subtler form of bias, which they label "the comfort zone" - an apt name for the habits and practices of some corporate executives who unconsciously still exclude women from thebreakfast powwow or the client golf game. However, as Driscoll and Goldberg point out, even the most clannish executives are beginning to wake up and understand how the talent pool of women in The Club can help make America more productive.
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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Driscoll, an attorney, and Goldberg, a consultant, have crafted a superb study, arguing that the "glass ceiling" is a myth and that this is a period of "dynamic change, full of opportunities for women . . . ready to lead the economic community." But what women need, according to the authors, is "a clear picture of what life at the top is like." To that end, they present brilliant analyses of closed "clubhouse" doors, comfort zones, capitalist feminism and the Thomas-Hill hearings. Profiles of women executives highlight risk-taking, networking, institutional and international roadblocks and discrimination, "old-boy networks," golf ("the link that counts"), health and family issues, and the need for women to create coalitions and organizations. This is among the notable business titles of the year.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
The glass ceiling is a myth. Women have not reached the top of the corporate world because they have not used the proper strategies. Traditional bias against assigning women important international jobs is fast disappearing. Executives (male) are waking up and understanding how the talent pool of American women can make America more productive. If attorney Driscoll and Goldberg, the head of a marketing and consulting firm, are correct in saying all this, why are the majority of books and articles on corporate America by and about men, to say nothing of the photographs in magazines and newspapers? And why are women still earning less than 70 percent of the typical man's salary? It would be wonderful if their book reflected reality, but it doesn't. An interesting book with some good thoughts and ideas, but not necessary.
- Patty Miller, New Hampshire Technical Coll. Lib., Laconia
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Patty Miller, New Hampshire Technical Coll. Lib., Laconia
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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