Executive Women!

I am reading a couple journals and I came across this excerpt from a book by Susan Vinnicombe & John Bank" Women With Attitude: Lessons For Career Management" (2002), which really got me intrigued because of the facts stated. I saw this as necessary not just in the corporate environment but in the 'Real' world in general.

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 In their extensive research of executive women, they suggested ten factors for women's success in the corporate world. These factors are extremely essential whether the woman executive is one within the traditional corporate arena and/or within her own initiated organization. 

These factors include: (1) She must be confident; 
                                     (2) She must self-promote;
                                     (3) She must constantly take risks; 
                                     (4) She must always be visible; 
                                     (5) She must know how to pace her career/ career acceleration; 
                                     (6) She must be a mentor and must be mentored; 
                                     (7) She must develop her portfolio careers; in other words, resume building                                               through additional work experience either through part-time work or                                                     consulting assignments to build necessary leadership skills; 
                                    (8) She must have international experience, either through educational                                                         experiences and/or work assignments; 
                                    (9) She must serve as a role model and hopefully has benefited from some of                                              her own; and, 
                                   (10) She must develop a leadership style that is comparable (not the same) to                                                that of her male colleagues.

Interesting dont you think? 
Thinking of reading the book like I am, then look for it on Amazon, I have been there already):
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