In the News
Woman Journalist in Somalia Receives Death Threats
Bisharo Waeys, a television journalist in Somalia, escaped attempts on her life on May 4. Waeys was driving to her home in Bossasso when she came under fire from several armed men but escaped by accelerating quickly and driving away. The next day, she received two text messages threatening to kill her if she did not stop her program. Waeys is the only woman working openly as a journalist in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in northeastern Somalia.
Read about Waeys on Reporters Without Borders' Web site.
Gender Analysis Released by the MIW Radio Group
The Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio Group has released a 2007 Gender Analysis study. According to the study, out of more than 10,000 radio stations, only about 15 percent have women general managers. For full details, click the link below to read the report.
Read the PDF of the MIW Report.
Former Lifetime Award Winner Reports for Newsweek
Peta Thornycroft, the recipient of a 2007 IWMF Lifetime Achievement Award, wrote an article for Newsweek magazine about the situation in Zimbabwe. "We forgot to remember that Mugabe's democratic urges are never more than brief spasms," she wrote.
Read Thornycroft's piece in Newsweek.
Training Resources
This list of leadership and management resources includes topics covered in the IWMF workshops on leadership - interpersonal communication skills, managing relationships, conflict resolution and career development - as well as resources on general leadership issues.
This is a sampling of available resources and is by no means exhaustive. It is a work in progress and the IWMF welcomes suggestions for additions to the list. Please contact Corina Quinn with recommendations.
COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS
Articles
Office Hours: Stop Acting Like a Baby by Karen Hainsworth
Describes a new method to cope with demanding and disruptive behavior at work. (The Guardian, UK, 2001)
Books
Communication Skills Profile by Elena Tosca
Provides tools for effective communication by focusing on expressing thoughts clearly, and listening to and understanding others. (Jossey-Bass, 1997)
How to Say it for Women: Communicating with Confidence and Power Using the Language of Success by Phyllis Mindell
Explains the potential power of language and offers tips on conversation tools women can use to improve their jobs. (Prentice Hall, 2001)
Intercultural Communication by Everett M. Rogers and Thomas M. Steinfatt
Includes pointers for developing strong communication skills across cultures. Provides background and real-life examples as well. (Waveland Press, 1998)
Powerful Communication Skills: How to Communicate with Confidence by Colleen McKenna
Provides tips and advice on speaking clearly, listening accurately and asserting oneself with confidence. (Random House, 1999)
Secrets of Face-to-Face Communication: How to Communicate with Power by Peter Urs Bender and Robert A. Tracz
Offers guidance on common scenarios and conflicts in communication. Includes categories of personal behavioral style and suggestions for communicating with people of each style. (Stoddart Publishing, Canada, 2001)
Talking from 9-5: Women and Men in the Workplace: Language, Sex, and Power by Deborah Tannen
Investigates what people say, how they say it and how this affects conversations and communication. Looks at how differences in gender, age, socioeconomic class, ethnicity and geography can impact conversational style. (W. Morrow, 1994)
MANAGING RELATIONSHIPS
Articles
Can the Boss Be a Friend? by Jill Geisler
Discusses whether new managers can remain friends with the coworkers they now manage. (Poynter Institute, 2001)
Books
First, Break all the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
Offers supervisors specific techniques for coaching staff and identifies 12 key motivation tools of top performers. (Simon & Schuster, 1999)
It Takes Two: Managing Yourself When Working With Bosses and Other Authority Figures at Work by Gene Boccialetti
Explains how people can change themselves and their work relationships to be more effective, satisfying and productive. (Jossey-Bass, 1995)
People Styles at Work: Making Bad Relationships Good and Good Relationships Better by Robert and Dorothy Grover Bolton
Identifies different personal styles, explains how to recognize a personal style and evaluate the style of others, and offers tips for improving relationships. (AMACOM, 1996)
CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND NEGOTIATION
Articles
Dealing with Difficult People by Dow Smith
Provides guidance on how to deal with difficult behavior and unresolved conflict in the newsroom. (Radio-Television News Directors Association, 2001)
Managing Conflicts by Angela Jackson
Identifies strategies for successfully dealing with conflict. (Presenting Solutions, Inc., 2000)
Books
Conflict Resolution by Daniel Dana
Provides specific mediation skills and managerial tools-including practical advice, real-life case studies and specific procedures-for dealing with and resolving workplace conflicts. (McGraw-Hill Professional, 2000)
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Withouth Giving In by Robert Fisher, William Ury and Bruce Patton
Focuses on negotiation and collaboration, and offers advice to get to win-win resolutions. (Penguin USA, 1991)
Good Girl's Guide to Negotiating by Leslie Whitaker and Elizabeth Austin
Explains how to deal with the traits that undermine women's negotiating abilities, looks at the skills that women bring to negotiating and explains how to negotiate successfully. (Little, Brown and Company, 2001)
The Shadow Negotiation: How Women Can Master the Hidden Agendas That Determine Bargaining Success by Deborah M. Kolb and Judith Williams
Identifies common issues that women encounter in negotiations and presents a plan to help women use their strengths to their advantage. (Simon & Schuster, 2000)
ASSERTIVENESS/SELF-PROMOTION
Articles
Better Yet: Tooting Your Own Horn (How to Protect Your Job) by Cheryl-Anne Sturken
Describes tips employees can use to promote their work and achievements. (Meetings and Conventions, 2001)
Books
Brag: The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing It by Peggy Klaus.
Offers real-life examples and practical advice for promoting your achievements diplomatically. (Warner Books, 2003)
How to Grow a Backbone: 10 Strategies for Gaining Power and Influence at Work by Susan Marshall and Robert K. Cooper
Focuses on 10 specific strategies to help people become more confident and assertive at work. Includes advice, exercises and anecdotes from real-life situations. (McGraw Hill, 2000)
Make a Name for Yourself by Robin Fisher Roffer
Includes hints for how to develop a unique personal style by identifying strong attributes and using them, along with personal goals, to focus a career. (Broadway Books, 2000)
Self-Assertion for Women by Pamela E. Butler
Advises women on how to be more confident and assertive in everyday situations using practical advice, sample dialogues and exercises. (Harper San Francisco, 1992)
RISK-TAKING
Books
Go for It!: Successful Risk-Taking for Women by Betty Morscher and Barbara Schindler Jones
Offers a risk-taking program that includes self-assessment quizzes, tips for risk-taking and personal examples from women who have taken calculated risks. (Warner Books, 1992)
Instant Guts!: How to Take a Risk and Win in Every Area of Your Life (Audiotape) by Joan Gale Frank
Identifies the best risks people can take and how they can confront the fears that may keep them from taking those risks. (Big Mouth Publications, 1993)
Risk Taking: Fifty Ways to Turn Risks Into Rewards by Marlene Caroselli and David Harris
Provides activities and exercises designed to help readers explore new challenges and possibilities, overcome aversion to risk-taking and take well-planned risks. (SkillPath Publications, 1993)
CAREER-PLANNING
Articles
Focus on Your Goal by Iris Randall
(Web site requires free registration to access article. Also available at FindArticles.com)
Provides information on designing a career action plan. (Black Enterprise, 1999)
Resolutions and Goal Setting by Rhonda Waters
Describes how to set goals and meet them. (Presenting Solutions, Inc., 2001)
Books
The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success by Nicholas Lore
Provides strategies for mapping out a customized career plan using techniques such as setting goals and making lists. (Simon & Schuster, 1998)
What Every Successful Woman Knows: 12 Breakthrough Strategies to Get the Power and Ignite Your Career by Janice Reals Ellig and William J. Morin with Marcia Bullard
Offers 12 strategies to help plan and direct a career. Includes advice from personal interviews, key behavior techniques and general tips. (McGraw Hill, 2001)
WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP
Articles
2002 Women & Minority Survey: Making Diversity Work by Bob Papper and Mixed Results by Bob Papper and Michael Gerhard
"Making Diversity Work" describes the experience of KVUE-TV, which made a commitment to diversity, in both its hiring practices and its news coverage. "Mixed Results" discusses the results of the 2002 RTNDA/Ball State University Annual Survey. (Radio-Television News Directors Association, 2002)
Lessons on Mentoring for White Male News Editors by Bonnie Pfister
Explains the importance of diversifying the newsroom and describes how to do it. (Women's ENews, 2000)
Books
Be Your Own Mentor: Strategies from Top Women on the Secrets of Success by Sheila Wellington and Betty Spence
Provides strategies for women to advance in business. Covers networking, creating opportunities for visibility, time management and salary negotiation. Includes tips and personal work experiences from women leaders. (Random House, 2001)
Creating Women's Networks: A How-To Guide for Women and Companies by Sheila W. Wellington
Offers a guide to establishing an effective women's network within the workplace. (Jossey-Bass, 1999)
The Female Advantage: Women's Ways of Leadership by Sally Helgesen
Looks at the experiences of women who run creative and cooperative organizations and offers pointers for women leaders. (Doubleday Currency, 1995)
The Innovative Woman: Creative Ways to Reach Your Potential in Business and Beyond by Norma Carr-Ruffino
Explains how to develop creative intelligence and use it in the workplace. Includes activities and self-awareness questions. (Career Press, 2001)
Intuitive Businesswoman: Achieve Success Through the Power of Your Personality by Judy George and Todd Lyon
Offers tips for handling stress, relating to others and finding success. (Clarkson Potter/Publishers, 2000)
The Promotable Woman: 10 Essential Skills for the New Millennium by Norma Carr-Ruffino
Provides a plan for getting ahead by developing solid relationship skills to overcome career obstacles and stereotypes. (Career Press, 1997)
Why the Best Man for the Job is a Woman: The Unique Female Qualities of Leadership by Esther Wachs Book
Identifies the key characteristics of female leadership and illustrates how women leaders are adapting successfully to new corporate structures. (HarperBusiness, 2000)
Women and the Leadership Q: Revealing the Four Paths to Influence and Power by Shoya Zichy and Bonnie Kellen
Helps women identify their leadership personalities. Includes exercises to help refine personal style, build upon strengths and minimize weaknesses. (McGraw-Hill, 2001)
DIVERSITY AND LEADERSHIP
Articles
2002 ASNE Newsroom Employment Census conducted by the American Society of Newspaper Editors
Describes the results of ASNE's annual census.
Mentoring Across Race and Gender Lines
Discusses guidelines for mentors and those being mentored in relationships that cross race and gender lines. (Poynter Institute, 2000)
The 5 W's of Journalism from a Diverse Perspective by Aly Colon
Describes strategies to connect with diverse communities. (Poynter Institute, 1999)
Books
Diversity Success Strategies by Norma Carr-Ruffino
Includes suggestions for business success in a diverse workplace. Provides strategies for employers and employees who want to develop productive and satisfying work alliances. (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999)
From the Outside in: Seven Strategies for Success When You're Not a Member of the Dominant Group in Your Workplace by Renee Blank, Sandra Slipp and Vincent Ford
Describes how to break through the "concrete ceiling" and succeed in the work environment. Includes self-promotion strategies. (AMACOM, 2000)
Managing Diversity: People Skills for a Multicultural Workplace by Norma Carr-Ruffino
Offers insight for people working in today's diverse workplace. Includes suggestions for building positive relationships in a multicultural workplace. (Thomson Executive Press, 2001)
The New Leaders: Leadership Diversity in America by Ann M. Morrison
Provides tips for moving women and people of color into the leadership ranks of corporate America. (Jossey-Bass, 1996)
GENERAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Articles
The Art of Managing Morale by Brent Cunningham
Discusses what morale is and how to improve it. (Columbia Journalism Review, 2001)
Getting others to do what you want ... and like it by Edward Miller
Offers tips on how to master the art of persuasion. (American Society of Newspaper Editors, 2001)
Leadership: It May Never Matter More by Jennie Buckner
Discusses the important need for leadership by editors today in the midst of rapid and significant changes in technology, culture, economics and the nature of readers. (American Society of Newspaper Editors, 2001)
Managing Your Manager: Addressing Your Important Issues by Jill Geisler
Provides suggestions for employees to use in presenting issues to their managers. (Poynter Institute, 1999)
Skipping the Pitfalls in Newsroom Management by Lillian Rae Dunlap
Offers short tips for how to avoid pitfalls in newsroom management. (Poynter Institute, 1999)
So, You're the Boss. Now What? by Bryan Monroe
Written for photographers, graphic designers, and other "visual" journalists moving into management positions, the article provides tips that could be useful for any new newsroom manager. (Poynter Institute, 2000)
Tomorrow's Leadership by Bill Boyd
Discusses business leadership based on three questions leaders should ask. (Poynter Institute, 1998)
Top 10 Competencies for Newspaper Managers by Howard A. Tyner
Offers the author's top ten competencies for newspaper managers. (American Press Institute, 2001)
Two lists to help new editors manage better by Edward Miller
Provides tips that every new editor should learn. (American Society of Newspaper Editors, 2000)
What Makes a Leader? by Carolyn Terry
Discusses what newspapers look for today when hiring a publisher. (Newspaper Association of America, 2001)
Your Management Style: How Do You See It? How Do They? by Jill Geisler
Describes management styles and encourages managers to figure out which style they use. Also encourages managers to discuss their management styles with their employees. (Poynter Institute, 2001)
Books
1001 Ways to Reward Employees by Bob Nelson and Kenneth H. Blanchard
Offers innovative approaches for managers seeking to recognize employees. (Workman Publishing Company, 1994)
Balancing on the Wire: The Art of Managing Media Organizations by James Redmond and Robert Trager
Incorporates literature from mass media, business, psychology and law in analyzing management in mass media organizations. (Coursewise, 1998)
Best Practices: The Art of Leadership in News Organizations by Shelby Coffey III
Offers insight and advice from news executives on successful leadership in news organizations. (The Freedom Forum, 2002)
Don't Sabotage Your Success! Make Office Politics Work by Karen Ginsburg Wood
Presents ideas for building professional connections and ways to secure critical relationships in the workplace. (Enlightened Concepts Publishing, 2000)
Feedback: Newsroom Employees Want it, Managers Avoid it by Sharon Peters
Provides tips for managers on how to correctly give feedback to employees. (Media Management Center, Northwestern University, 2001)
The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations by John Kotter and Dan S. Cohen
Offers an 8-step process for newsroom leaders to handle organizational change. (Harvard Business School Press, 2002)
Heroz: Empower Yourself, Your Coworkers, Your Company by William C. Byham and Jeff Cox
Explains how to take charge of a career, pinpoint weaknesses and work with colleagues to improve the workplace. (Fawcett Books, 1995)
The Leadership Challenge: How To Get Extraordinary Things Done In Organizations by James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner and Tom Peters
Focuses on leadership as a critical aspect of organizations and discusses up-to-date issues that span all industries. Also includes the classic five-point guide to better leadership. (Jossey-Bass, 1996)
Leading Teams: Mastering the New Role by John H. Zenger, Ed Musselwhite, Kathleen Hurson and Craig Perrin
Nuts-and-bolts guide to developing the art of shared leadership. Provides tips for handling an organization's team approach to management and problem solving. (Business One Irwin, 1994)
Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, Annie McKee and Richard E. Boyatzis
Examines different leadership styles and their effectiveness. Emphasizes the role of emotions in decision-making. (Harvard Business School Press, 2002)
Successful Executive's Handbook by Susan H. Gebelein, Kristie J. Nelson-Neuhaus, Elaine B. Sloan and David G. Lee
Gives specific strategies for improving job performance. Contains a comprehensive list of resources designed for executives. (Personnel Decisions International, 1999)
Understanding and Changing Your Management Style by Robert C. Benfari
Offers a hands-on guidebook for determining leadership style and developing into a leader. Provides suggestions for maximizing strengths and working with various types of employees. (Jossey-Bass, 1999)