decision-making, 38–40, 93, 155
decisiveness, 38–40, 56, 85, 196
dedication, 34
deforestation, 136
Degrassi, 4
degrees and diplomas. See academic attainment
delegating, 155
demographics, shifting, 2
Denver (CO), 59, 116
deputizing, 155
deregulated markets, 134
Designer Guys, 19, 67
Desmarais family, 57–59
digital ads, 73
digital age, 9–10, 39, 66, 78
digital music service, 70
digital revolution, 13
digital sports expert, 92
“disbanding of digital,” 92
distress, environment of, 165, 170
diversity, 18, 83, 87–88, 147–48, 150
divide and conquer approach, 106
divorce, 102, 111, 113
domestic labour, 107, 111, 119, 120, 121, 151
“double-bind,” implicit bias, 39
downsizing, 78
Dragon’s Den, 7, 20, 43–44
dream job, 49–50
dumb blonde stereotype, 25
earnings, and educational advancement, 122
e-commerce, 9
education
advanced degrees, 122, 174–75, 189, 195
and earnings level, 122
job category, 174
university graduates, 121–22
(See also academic attainment)
effectiveness, future, 66
efficiency, 94
egg freezing, 125–26
El-Erian, Mohamed, 114
Elsenhans, Lynn L., 159
email, 135, 141
emotional dramas, 60
emotional intelligence, 34, 55, 164–65, 200
empathy, 144, 163
emperor-has-no-clothes scenario, 142
employee culture, 150–55
employee engagement, 98, 150
employment, 121, 174 (jobs)
empowerment, 83, 86, 90, 108, 125, 150, 155, 180
energy industry, 124
engineering, under-representation of women in, 196
English language services (CBC), 7–8, 70
Enjoli (perfume ad), 101
entrepreneurship, 68, 173–74
environmentalism, 136, 153
equality, 5, 98, 103, 105, 110, 120, 189, 199
e-readers, 9
ethnic minorities, 159 (See also visible minorities)
evolutionary stereotypes, 64
executive senior staff reviews, 96
exhaustion, 26, 130
expectations, 24, 105, 155, 190
expenses. See living expenses
experience/expertise, 44, 178, 179, 182, 183, 194
extended families, 120
extroverts, 173
Facebook, 125, 128
failure
fear of, 39, 194
learning from, 69, 171
possibility of, 61
public, 64
risk of, 161–62
women set up for, 160
faith, losing, 170
family
and request for raises/promotions, 188
business, female-led, 89
compatibility, 124
conflict with work, 151–52
father-child relationship, 114–16
fatherhood, delayed, 126
fathers
Baby Boomers, 123
career resignation, 114–16
domestic labour, 120, 121
Millennial, 123, 124
stay-at-home, 103, 114–16, 121, 122–23, 201
superdads, 123–24
working, 117
fearlessness, 167, 169–70
feature films, 57
female CEOs, predictions, 164
female leadership/governance, 89
female-run households, 122
“feminine” skills, 200
“feminine” traits, 56, 163–64, 165 (See also stereotypes)
feminism, 11, 82, 102, 108, 119
activism, digital recast, 83
old models of, 21–22
fight or flight, 38
finance industry, 68, 122, 124, 167, 190
finances, risk-taking, 65
financial crisis (2008), 64
financial independence, 110
financial success, and female leadership, 88
five-year plan, 49, 139, 140
flexibility, 10, 125, 129–30, 151, 154, 174, 245
Flextime, 125, 127, 154
flow, 142
flow vs balance, 15, 130–31
Fluke, Sandra, 84
focus, 56, 163
focus groups, 44, 138
Food Network, 19, 29, 31–32, 168–69
Forbes, 139, 160, 193
Ford, Henry, 134
Frankel, Bethenny, 147
fraudulence, sense of. See Imposter Syndrome
freedom, sense of, 6 13, 23, 105, 120, 125, 130, 131, 151, 153
fulfillment, sense of, 128
full-time work, 109
Gen X, 112, 148
Gen Y, 11, 12, 148, 189, 152–53 (See also Millennials)
gender comparisons
asking for directions, 167–68
breadwinners, 122
child care, 107
communication model, 18
consensus building, 145
corporate leaders, 82–83
decisiveness, 38–39
domestic labour, 107
emotional intelligence, 149, 164–65
employment, 121
entrepreneurism, 173
flexibility, 145
glass-cliff jobs, 168
hiring decisions, 195
innovation, 66
insight, 145
investment, 40
job satisfaction, 98
leadership traits, 56
level of scrutiny, 7
Millennials, 175
nurturing competencies, 34–35
perception of gender and leadership, 166
perception of success, 193
poor-performing companies, 158
precedence of career, 112
problem solving, 165
promotion during crisis, 160, 161
promotions, 193–94
resignation, 116
risk-taking, 64–65
share-price stability, 158
shyness, 77–78
smart teams study, 149
sociability, 145
speaking up, 76–77, 79, 90
strategic thinking, 145
talent recruitment, 164
university graduates, 121–22, 174
use of social media, 172–73
view of influence, 172
wages, 122, 186–92
work-life balance, 114, 119
workplace turmoil, 165
“Gender Discrimination Is at the Heart of the Wage Gap” (Carnevale/Smith), 188–89
gender roles, in transition, 119–21
General Motors (GM), 115, 159, 163
generational collaboration, 148
generational rise, 151
Georgetown University, 49, 84
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 188
Ghomeshi, Jian, 85–86
Giese, Rachel, 86
girl Friday, 3–6, 11, 51, 178, 200
glass ceiling, 13, 159, 161–62
Glass, Christy, 159
glass cliff, 158, 159–67, 168, 178, 202
global accessibility, 172
global competition, 134
global economy, 50, 148
global village, 135, 144, 153
goals, 17, 34, 35, 139
“go-girl” feminism, 108
Goldberg, David, 128
“good girls,” 186, 189, 195
Google, 28, 126, 127, 142
Gordhamer, Soren, 172
gossip, 24–25, 135
go-to parent,
110–11, 130
government funding, 37, 38
grandparents, 120
guilt, 111, 114, 130
Hallmark Entertainment, 19, 62, 116, 155, 168
Hannah, John, 58
happiness, 12, 49–50, 110–11, 128, 153, 179–80
Harvard Business Review, 34, 87, 142, 148, 194, 195, 196–97
Harvard Business School, 106, 109, 111–12
hashtag, 139
Haslam, Alex, 158
hat trick concept, 102, 109, 117
health care industry, 167
health services, job category, 174
Heartland, 44
Heimans, Jeremy, 142
Hewlett-Packard, 193–94
Hewlett, Sylvia Ann, 39
HGTV, 19, 29, 31–32, 67
hierarchical management model, 10, 133–34, 141–42, 165, 195, 171–72
hierarchies, flattening of, 136
high ratings vs high-quality programming, 36–37
high-earning women, 110, 111
higher earners, breadwinner, 122
hiring biases, 194
hirings in corporate crisis. See glass cliff
Hochschild, Arlie, 107
hockey, 72–73, 80
hockey license rights, 185–86
Hockey Night in Canada, 15, 16, 25, 41, 43, 44, 73, 80, 182–84, 185
Hollywood, 190–91
Holmes, Mike, 19, 62–63
Holmes on Homes, 67
Home and Garden Television (HGTV), 7
home-improvement programs, 67
homogeneity vs diversity, 87–88
honesty, 171
hospitality industry, 138
hub-and-spoke scenario, 92–93
human capital. See personal capital humanities, jobs in, 190
husband/wife, traditional, 110
IBM, 145
ideas hijacked, 76–77
ideas, primacy of, 146–50
image, 20–23
imbalance, instances of, 83
Imposter Syndrome, 26, 108
indecisiveness, 39
individual contributors, 96–97
individualism, 27
industrial firms, family-led, 89
Industrial Revolution, 11
industrialization, 133
influence, the new power, 41, 141–45, 170, 172, 175, 195
influence vs control, 34
information
age of, 2, 28, 87, 134, 145, 173, 201–2
as power, 142, 143
-intensive approach, 39–40
sharing, 89, 95, 96, 137, 142, 143, 145, 167–68, 180
speed of, 38, 39–40, 144
synthesizing, 145
information age, 2, 28, 87, 134, 145, 173, 201–2
initiative, 6, 35, 58–59, 90–91, 99, 129, 181, 182
inner circle, 142
inner critic, 22
innovation, 66, 87, 88, 92, 141, 144, 146–50, 165, 170, 178, 195
insecurity, 23, 77, 80
insight, 145
inspiration, 35, 139, 146, 178
Instagram, 28
integrity, 144, 170
intelligence, 95
Intelligence (TV show), 20
internal competition, 92
International Data Corporation, 153
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 20
interpersonal skills, 55, 200 (See also communication; soft skills)
interviews, 44
introverts, 173 (See also shyness)
irrelevance, sense of, 150, 168
isolation, feelings of, 26, 196–97 (See also speak-up culture)
“it” (can’t-have-it-all debate), 116–17
“it,” (quality), 63
IVF (in vitro fertilization), 126
job categories, future growth, 174
job criteria, strict adherence to, 193–95
job loss, 70–72, 121
job qualifications gap, 194
job satisfaction, 98, 153, 178, 179–80
job sharing, 154
Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir, 159
judgemental attitude, 105
keep-your-head-down attitude, 80–81
Ketchum Leadership Communication Monitor, 17–18
Klawe, Maria, 187, 189
knowledge economy, 10, 121, 145, 152
Kodak, 9
Kullman, Ellen, 163
Lacroix, Hubert, 69–70, 72, 73
Latin America, 60
Lauer, Matt, 115
launches (TV shows), 19 (See also upfronts)
law, job category, 124, 174
Lawrence, Jennifer, 28, 191
leadership “strength,” defined, 55
leadership, top attributes, 55
leading by decree. See rule by decree
Lean In (Sandberg), 1, 127–28
learning, 12, 34, 53, 68, 122, 136, 137
leaves of absence, 125, 127
Legarde, Christine, 20
“Lehman Sisters Hypothesis, The,” 165–66
lesbian leaders, 27, 159
lesbian parents, 120
life satisfaction, 98
lifestyle channels, 62, 180
“Lifestyle-TV gal,” 22
likeability, 39, 189, 196
liquor industry, 147–48
Little Mosque on the Prairie, 7, 20, 22, 41–43, 113
living expenses, 191–92
logical analysis, 148–49
lower earners, stay-at-home parent, 122
loyalty, 11, 154
majority rule, 90
male leadership, characteristics, 35
male/female roles, convergence of, 201
male-run liquor companies, 147–48
males in majority, and communication, 76–77
“man of action,” 38–39
“man’s world,” 4, 27, 119, 195
management styles, 90–91 (See also specific styles)
managing “out” model, 134, 141, 195
manual skills. See cognitive vs manual skills
manufacturing economy, 121
Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, 79–80
Maple Leafs hockey team, 80
marital happiness, 110–11
market volatility, 144
“masculine” leadership traits, 56
Mashable (website), 172
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 95, 148
maternity leave, 103, 109, 127
mathematics, under-representation of women in, 196
Mayer, Marissa, 21, 160
McKinsey report, 54–55, 88, 195
meaning, sense of, 98–99, 151
meeting table dynamic, 76–77
mentoring, 125, 165
mergers, 56–57
messaging, 152
Millennials, 11–12, 123, 175
mindfulness, 83
mind-reading test, 149
mindset, 12–13
Minecraft (video game), 9
misogyny, 80, 81–82, 84
mobile apps, 93, 97
mobile worker population, 152–54
ModCloth, 138–39
Mohr, Tara Sophia, 194
Mojang AB, 9–10
“mommy track,” 112
mommy wars, 84, 105–6
“mommy-to-be” war, 125
mompreneurs, 174
Monday Night Football, 184
Monster Truck (TV show) 4
Monte Carlo film festival, 6
Montgomery, Sue, 86
moral reasoning, 148–49
morale, 16, 97, 98, 150, 154
mothers
delayed pregnancy, 125–26
single, 122, 123
stay-at-home, 105, 109, 115
stereotype, mother hen, 25
working, 12, 105, 106, 123, 125
(See also lesbian parents; “mommy track”; “mommy-to-be” war; single parenthood)
motivation, 17, 35, 41, 146, 165, 178, 180
movement-building, 142
movie-of-the-week, 56
MuchMusic, 24
Mulcahy, Anne, 160
multidirectional platform. See Twitter multiple platforms, 92, 93, 97
multi-tasking, 10, 90, 101, 163
Murdoch Mysteries, 37, 138
music, 9, 70, 167
Nadella, Satya, 187, 188
National At-Home Dad Network, 122–23
National Football League (NFL), 72–73, 84–85, 141, 183, 184, 185
NBA All-Star weekend, 140
NBC, 58, 184
NCAA Division I basketball, 159
needs, anticipating, 145
Netflix, 10, 139
new economy, 195
new leadership model, 10
new positions, applying for, 193–94
new power. See old power vs new power
New York City, 59, 61, 72–73
New York Times, 106, 122, 149, 160
New York Times Magazine, 109–10
Newport (CA), 49–50
newspapers, failed, 9
NHL lockout (2012–13), 44
NHL Network, 183
Nokia, 9, 87, 147
Nooyi, Indra, 115
nursing profession, 187
nurturing competencies, 34–35
Obama, Barack, 27, 159
objectives/opportunities paradigm, 17, 18
oil and gas industry, 163
old boys’ club, 11, 142, 161, 182
old power vs new power, 142
old rules, pushing back, 66
older demographic, 120
older female colleagues, 197
Olympics, 7, 70, 72, 93–96, 97, 147, 185
“on call” time, 155
online interaction, leveraging, 192
online outreach programs, 138
online teams, study, 148–49
on-site child care, 125
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, 79–80
operations success, 88
opinion, risk-taking, 65
opinions, real-time, 138
opportunities, openness to, 49, 50, 99, 129, 130, 136, 200
opt-out revolution, 109–10
organizational excellence, 88
Orridge, Jeffrey, 94–95, 183
“overhearing” information, 138, 181
ownership, sense of, 98
Pacific Investment Management Company, 114–15
Paragon Entertainment/Paragon International, 4, 5–6, 19, 23, 56, 57, 58, 66, 82, 103, 104, 171, 178, 185, 280
parental leave, 120, 127 (See also leaves of absence; maternity leave)
parenting, shared, 123
participative communication, 76–83
part-time work, 116
passion, 17, 49–50
passion trap, 49–50
patriarchy, 133, 189
peak hours, promoting idea, 41
perfectionism, 77, 107
performance reviews, 96
performance vs presence, 152
perpendicular learning curve, 68
personal capital, 12, 65, 66, 77, 129, 143, 145–46, 181–86, 192, 201
personal computers, 11, 135
personal decisions, judgmental attitude, 105
personal growth vs career goals, 193
personality-driven narrative, 63, 67
pessimism, 43
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