The Continuing Challenges and Debates of Women’s Leadership

Session Submission Type: Presentation

Short Description

At the turn of the 21st. century, Stella Nkomo and her colleague Ella Edmondson Bell co-authored Our Separate Ways: Black and White Women and The Struggle for Professional Identity (Harvard Business School Press). The book chronicled the life stories of the first large cohort of women to enter corporate America. Nkomo, one of ILA’s 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award Winners, will share her thoughts about the progress that has been made, in the United States and globally, discussing the ongoing challenges of advancing women’s leadership.

Detailed Abstract

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Sub Unit

• Business Leadership

Presenter

• Stella M. Nkomo, University of Pretoria