Women and the Leadership Q: Revealing the Four Paths to Influence and Power

Women and the Leadership Q includes exercises that help readers further refine their own styles, build upon their strengths, and minimize their weaknesses. In addition, interviews and profiles of more than thirty-eight internationally well-known women illustrate the different groups and their leadership styles. Profiles include: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Governor Christie Whitman, Diane Sawyer, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Wendy Wasserstein, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, and Alexandra Lebenthal.

The book is great because it tells you what your leadership style is right away, then gives short, snappy biographies of famous women with your same style. A quote from writer Wendy Wasserstein about how she sees the world is now up on my mirror to read when I wake up and as I finish my day. I find it deeply inspiring.

This is the perfect gift to give a close friend you care about, or any woman whose potential is going unrealized...and that's still alot of us.


A must read for everyone - women and men in all fields!   February 28, 2001
Rehana Farrell (New York, NY)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Whether you work in a large corporation, small Internet start-up, a non-profit organization or for the government, this book applies to you and your work environment!

This clear, concise and witty book helps you identify and understand your leadership style, its strengths and its potential pitfalls. It is fun and easy to read and provides you with keen insights about how you interact with others, what types of environments motivate you and how you can tailor your behavior to maximize your talents.

It is also a great tool to think about your style as a significant other and a parent. Its usefulness and applicability are endless!


Makes you see people in a whole different way   March 4, 2001
Carla Mester (Chicago, IL)
Does your boss demand for detail drive you batty? Or does your spouse's need to schedule every weekend leave you exasperated? Then pick up this very user-friendly approach to the Myers-Briggs and temperament personality model. Zichy's profiles of dozens of prominent women are witty and engaging, to be sure. But what I found most useful are the tools that she provides for understanding all normal folks that populate my personal life - my mother-in-law, work colleagues and kids. We used it for our last family dinner and laughed ourselves silly. This stuff really works, and best of all, it does so without asking you to change yourself or anyone else.


Attention - The Leadership Q is not just for Women!   December 27, 2007
Christopher Rodriguez (Houston, TX - USA)
As an internal consultant and leadership coach, I have often shared this book with leaders and leadership teams (at all levels). The profiles in the book are engaging and the development exercises are pragmatic. They are relevant for both men and women. Zichy uses Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) as the book's primary frame of reference. The essence of MBTI theory boils down to basic differences in the ways individuals prefer to use their perception and judgment. Perception involves all the ways of becoming aware of things, people, happenings, or ideas. Judgment involves all the ways of coming to conclusions about what has been perceived. If people differ systematically in what they perceive and in how they reach conclusions, then it is only reasonable for them to differ correspondingly in their interests, reactions, values, motivations, and skills. Zichy depicts 8 distinct leadership styles. As you journey through the book and read about the various leadership "neighborhoods", you will learn more about your own personal leadership style, optimal and least preferred working environment, approach to change, contributions to a team, decision-making style, potential blind spots, as well as, the strengths and differences of the other 7 styles.