An Exciting Time at SHAMBAUGH Leadership
Welcome to the new SHAMBAUGH website. We are entering an exciting time for SHAMBAUGH and the new look is just one of the great things to come. Thanks to the talented team at Viget Labs, and especially to project manager Stephanie Hay who kept us on our toes, for a fresh, inviting and interactive site.
I’m also pleased to share with you the release of my first book, It’s Not A Glass Ceiling, It’s A Sticky Floor, to be published by McGraw-Hill in early November. The book takes a look at the seven behaviors that hold women back — and lots of tips and exercises to help them get "unstuck" and reach their full potential. I’m both humbled and delighted by the early reactions. Just this past week, Publishers Weekly reviewed the book and had this say:
Though more businesswomen are in successful positions of power, they are still lagging behind men at the highest levels: more than a third of Fortune 500 managers and more than half of those with multidisciplinary master’s degrees are women, yet women hold only 13% of Fortune 500 CEO positions. This lack of forward motion is due more substantially to women’s own career-inhibiting behavior than to cultural impediments, Shambaugh claims. Women are more likely than men to shy away from leadership roles, to get bogged down in perfectionism and to avoid career-boosting changes out of a misplaced sense of loyalty. Through a series of exercises and self-appraisals, Shambaugh guides readers with executive suite aspirations through an evaluation of their own behaviors and skills, gauging which serve their ambitions and which are holding them back. Emphasizing strategic relationships, communication and the elements of executive presence, she writes in an encouraging tone with a refreshing lack of blame, making this a satisfying read for women stuck in middle management limbo. (Emphasis mine.)
Thank you for your interest in and encouragement and support of SHAMBAUGH. And stay tuned for more exciting news to come.
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