Results at the Top

INTRODUCTION

For decades, the burden for achieving parity in leadership, whether in business, education, or government, has been placed squarely, and wrongly, on the shoulders of women alone. There are few if any books written specifically to men on gender diversity and what men can and should do to support and champion the advancement of women into leadership roles.

Nevertheless, we see an entirely different phenomenon that's taking place today and coming at us at a high rate of speed. We see an expanding realization on the part of men—in pockets all over the globe—that sharing leadership with women produces superior performance in organizations. Virtually every financial study conducted since the 1980s on the financial performance of companies that have women on their boards and their executive teams have proven it to be true!

Male leaders know the value. What they don't know is how to engage and be supportive in advancing women. Results at the Top is the first book of its kind written primarily—though not exclusively—for men, showing them exactly why organizational performance is better and how to get on board.

Results at the Top will be of high interest to women as well, for by speaking to men and making known their thoughts and the reasons for their behaviors, we reveal to women how to best communicate and interact with men in the workplace, and in many other aspects of life.

We're embarking on a new level of achievement in the pursuit of women in leadership, and this book ...