ISBN: 9781906791131    Publisher: Arena Books Year of publishing: 2008     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 108        

This is a book of stories: tales of women who have 'made it'; ordinary women with extraordinary careers. You would not have known it from their histories for some even looked as though they were being groomed for failure. All of them are moving and inspiring! As I collected these tales, some of my old ideas about developing both men and women at work began to shift. In the past we have not been looking for relevantly outstanding qualities when choosing our leaders, and because of this we have not been spotting and developing potential talent in the best possible way. This book tells the story and looks at some of the most striking resemblances that these women seemed to share in common. It changed my life and my thinking around my own organisation and the work it does. It is a book for developers of people and recruitment professionals. It is a book for parents rearing the leaders of tomorrow. It is a book to make you think! This is a book for men and women with ambition for success and happiness. The two are not exclusive.
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Tina Kothari is the founder and MD of Hexagon, a major training company, which has changed and grown as a corporate body under her dynamic leadership. Tina was born in India, raised and educated in the UK, and after taking a philosophy degree at York University, she became an educational researcher before working several years in the City of London. By the age of 26 she was the director of two Export and Confirming houses before ceasing work for 10 years to raise her 3 children. She then retrained as a counsellor before moving to set up the Hexagon Training Company, and has since delivered papers and conducted seminars throughout Europe and the US. It was in the course of this work that she was struck by how few women reached board level, and by the remarkable added value they contributed when board members. This book represents the obvious next step: an enquiry into what it is that makes women succeed in an arena which tilts away from their accustomed path, and what can be done effectively to address this problem.
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