Discuss the below:
Review "Through the Labyrinth". For each of the eleven chapters, summarize main points in each chapter, 200 words per chapter maximum. Next, give your opinion of the authors' ideas. How do they compare to your experiences and to other ideas you have read about related to leadership? What most surprised you? This section should be 300.
Review "Disappearing Acts". Fletcher's study examines how women's relational way of leading are misunderstood and devalued in the workplace. Summarize the concept of relational leadership. What do the results of Fletcher's study show about relational leadership? Compare/contrast this theory to the ideas presented in the first book. Finally, what is your view of Fletcher's theory and findings? 750 words.
Review "Enlightened Power". Summarize the three sections of the book, focusing on the themes that connect the essays, referencing the essays to support your ideas. Secondly, pick one or more essays that support Fletcher's ideas on relational leadership. How did the authors' experiences or ideas relate to Fletcher's? Which essay in "Enlightened power" had the most relevance to your work situation and why? Which essay was the most inspiring to you and why?
Also, describe your reaction to these readings. Have your ideas about leadership changed? Has the way that you intend to relate to women or women leaders in the workplace changed? If so, how? Feel free to add any other reactions you have to the readings.
References:
1. Coughlin, L., Hollihan, K., & Wingard, E. (Eds.) (2005). Enlightened power: How women are transforming the practice of leadership. New York: John Wiley. ISBN 9781118085875.
2. Eagly, A. H., & Carli, L. (2007). Through the labyrinth: The truth about how women become leaders. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press. ISBN 9781422116913.
3. Fletcher, J.K. (2001). Disappearing acts: Gender, power, and relational practice at work. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN 9780262561402.