Breaking through

"When women succeed, we all win. Breaking Through explores the mentoring relationship, and unravels its effects on women, businesses, society, and the economy. In 2010, author Martine Liautaud founded the Women Business Mentoring Initiative (WBMI) to support women entrepreneurs with the targeted advice and personalized guidance that can only come from a mentor. In late 2015, she set up the Women Initiative Foundation to broaden her action in favor of women in the business world. This book encapsulates the WBMI mission and other similar experiences inside international and US corporations, showing how mentoring and sponsorship can take many formsand how each form benefits women in business. Through evidence-based narratives, you'll learn what real women have gained from both sides of the dynamic, and why they credit mentoring with the strength of their business success. These stories show how mentoring yields increased efficiency, improved financials, more effective management, increased innovation, a broader talent pool, and increased revenues, and how helping women succeed in business leads to increased philanthropy and improves community sustainability. Gender equality has made huge strides in the US and Western Europe, but this progress is only apparent in the junior levels of the workplace. This book shows how mentoring women entrepreneurs and women managers provides the key that opens the door to the new economy. Understand why mentoring is key to women's economic advancement Learn how mentoring yields tangible benefits beyond the workplace Delve into the experiences of real mentor/mentee pairs Consider the effectiveness of various types of mentoring Despite the increasing opportunities for women in business, statistics and pervading stereotypes suggest that true gender equality is still far on the horizon. Mentoring and sponsorship can be tremendously helpful to women looking to achieve great thingsthe wisdom of experience is a powerful asset in business strategy and decision-making, and the mentor/mentee relationship benefits everyone. Breaking Through makes a compelling case for the effectiveness of mentoring, with real women's stories of success"--

"This book provides evidence-based narratives of the various types of mentoring and their degrees of success"--

Includes index.

Part I Overview -- Women and the New Economy -- The New Economy: Opportunities for Women -- Women in Corporates and Finance -- Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics) -- Women Entrepreneurs -- Mentoring and Sponsoring: The Keys to Success -- Mentoring and Sponsoring Women Employees -- Mentoring and Sponsoring Women Entrepreneurs -- Part II Voices of Women Business Leaders -- Obstacles to Success and Solutions for Overcoming Them -- The Obstacles -- The Solutions -- Role of Women in the Global Economy -- Interview with Irene Natividad, Founder and President of Global Summit of Women -- Career Strategies for Women -- Interview with Professor Margaret Neale, Adams Distinguished Professor of Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business -- References -- Inclusive Leadership -- Interview with Deborah Gillis, President & CEO of Catalyst -- Improving the Place of Women in the Economy -- Interview with Audra Bohannon, Senior Partner at Korn Ferry's Leadership and Talent Consulting -- Overcoming Women's Obstacles -- Interview with Christiane Bergevin, Executive Vice-President at Desjardins Group -- Women's Spirit of Enterprise -- Interview with Valerie Bernis, …