Women and leadership: real lives, real lessons

Prologue: Why are we writing this book?

Doing the numbers

Our framework

Pathways to power: introducing our women leaders

Hypothesis one: you go girl

Hypothesis two: it's all about the hair

Hypothesis three: shrill or soft - the style conundrum

Hypothesis four: she's a bit of a bitch

Hypothesis five: who's minding the kids

Hypothesis six: a special place in hell - do women really support women?

Hypothesis seven: modern-day Salem

Hypothesis eight: the role-modelling riddle

The stand-out lessons from eight lives and eight hypotheses

Annex: Snapshots of the pathways to power.

Why are we writing this book?

Doing the numbers

Our framework

Pathways to power: Introducing our women leaders

Hypothesis one: You go girl

Hypothesis two: It's all about the hair

Hypothesis three: Shrill or soft - the style conundrum

Hypothesis four: She's a bit of a bitch

Hypothesis five: Who's minding the kids?

Hypothesis six: A special place in hell - do women really support women?

Hypothesis seven: Modern day Salem

Hypothesis eight: The role modelling riddle

The stand out lessons from eight lives and eight hypotheses.