Off-ramps and on-ramps : keeping talented women on the road to success /

Hewlett, Sylvia Ann, 1946-

Off-ramps and on-ramps : keeping talented women on the road to success / Keeping talented women on the road to success Sylvia Ann Hewlett. - Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, (c)2007. - 1 online resource (xvii, 299 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

Foreword / The challenge -- Why mess with the male competitive model? -- Women's non-linear careers -- Extreme jobs, extreme demands -- The business case for diversity -- Models at the cutting edge -- Establishing flexible work arrangements -- Ernst and Young -- BT Group -- Citigroup -- Creating arc-of-career flexibility -- Booz Allen Hamilton -- Lehman Brothers -- Goldman Sachs -- Reimagining work life -- Citigroup -- Time Warner -- Johnson and Johnson -- Claiming and sustaining ambition -- Johnson and Johnson -- Time Warner -- General Electric -- Tapping into altruism -- Goldman Sachs -- Cisco Systems -- American Express -- Combating stigma and stereotypes -- Lehman Brothers -- Cisco Systems -- Ernst and Young -- Canaries in the coal mine. by Carolyn Buck Luce --

Examines the impact that a leave to care for children or elderly parents has on the career of professional women and proposes strategies that companies can undertake to retain and reintegrate talented female employees.




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Women in the professions--United States.
Women--Employment--United States.
Corporations--United States--Case studies.
Working mothers--United States.
Work and family--United States.
Business enterprises--United States--Case studies.


Electronic Books.

HD6054 / .O347 2007