The New Advantage in Leadership

CareerCast - Life-long Career Development

joelle Jay Is executive leadership in need of a makeover? If you ask Dr. Joelle Jay, a principal with the Leadership Research Institute and author of The New Advantage, you will get a resounding “Yes.” She believes that at the core of the change is leveraging women at the executive levels and creating organizations that empower all leaders. In this CareerCast, Joelle shares her insights, perspective, and lessons learned working with companies like Microsoft, MetLife, and Adobe.

Aired June 6, 2016

Dr. Joelle Jay is a principal with the Leadership Research Institute, as well as an executive coach, keynote speaker, and the co-author with Howard Morgan of The New Advantage: How Women in Leadership Create Win-Wins for Their Companies and Themselves. Joelle specializes in the advancement of executive women, and she is proud to have supported the development of top talent into positions of leadership for many successful companies, including MetLife, Adobe, and Microsoft.

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The New Advantage: How Women in Leadership Can Create Win-Wins for Their Companies and Themselves by Howard J. Morgan and Joelle K. Jay (2016)

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The New Advantage by Joelle Jay

Read an excerpt from The New Advantage: How Women in Leadership Can Create Win-Wins for Their Companies and Themselves by Joelle K. Jay and Howard J. Morgan.

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