Advancing Women in Business: The Catalyst Guide -Best Practices from the Corporate Leaders
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CATALYST is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization whose research and advisory services are aimed at maximizing opportunities for women in management and executive positions. Its members are frequently quoted in major media, including The New York Times, Business Week, the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and most other business publications. Catalyst is headquartered in New York City.

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Foreward by Sheila W. Wellington, President, Catalyst
Part I. Changing the System
1. The Catalyst Approach
2. Three of the Best
3. Benchmarking: tool to Foster Women's Advancement
Part II. Best Practices
Benchmarking Culture
Women's Advancement
Work-Life Practices
Women's Workplace Networks
GAnder Awareness Training and Safety Training
Epilogue: Summing Up and Looking Forward
Part Three. Resources: The Catalyst Award
Catalyst Award Winners: 1987-1997
Catalyst Award Winners: Year by Year
Catalyst Award Winners: Programs
1999 Catalyst Award Application Guidelines: What we Need From You
About Catalyst

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"Catalyst has provided a collection of best practices aimed at creating a climate for maximizing women's contributions in the workplace. This is a business imperative in today's global marketplace." --John F. Smith, Jr., chairman, president and CEO, General Motors Corporation

"Catalyst has produced a valuable tool to help women realize their potential in the workplace and for companies to best tap the talent women represent. This book reminds us why Catalyst is rightly viewed as one of America's most respected business research organizations." --Lynn Martin, former United States Secretary of Labor

"This is the first book I would turn to for excellent advice on how to foster, improve, and accelerate the role of women in contemporary organizations. Well-written, beautifully organized and filled with clear-cut how-tos, I found this book important and illuminating." --Warren Bennis, distinguished professor of business, University of Southern California

"Building a diverse organization requires strong leadership, commitment, hard work, and time. And while there is no ?right' way to do it, Advancing Women in Business gives readers a few must-dos along with a lot of alternatives to try." --Lois Juliber, executive vice president and chief of operations, Developed Markets, Colgate-Palmolive Company
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