Eve on Top

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Leadership and management styles

Business leadership style has changed quite considerably over the years. (Olivia)

Typically, men seem to be incredibly single-minded, all go on one thing, then all go on the next, then stop and celebrate. (Nuala)

Introduction

Being in a senior position almost inevitably involves exercising leadership (see, for example, Kellerman and Rhode, 2007). Given that the women involved in this study were already all in senior positions, we were keen to find out about their leadership styles, their philosophy of leadership and the experiences – both good and bad – that they had gained from others as they progressed through their careers and developed their own approach as chief or senior executives. This chapter ...