Decision-making is different for women: here's how it works, and why
Dr. Therese Huston was the founding director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Seattle University. She has written for the New York Times, and her first book was published by Harvard University Press. She lives outside Seattle with her husband and adorable but deaf dog.
‘Amounts to far more than a quick-fix plan for climbing the
corporate ladder. It may indeed be women in management roles who
gravitate towards How Women Decide, but there is much here of
broader interest, not least for those still sifting the pieces of
Brexit Britain’.
*Times Literary Supplement*
‘[How Women Decide] will resonate with any women trying to
navigate treacherous career waters as well as with managers
wondering how to increase diversity and get the best out of all
their employees. One could also imagine it
becoming required reading on Wall Street, where male-dominated
thinking has caused so many problems.’
*New York Times Book Review*
‘If you’re a woman, read it. If you’re a man, read it. Sometimes a
book tells you something you really need to know, whether you
realised it or not, and How Women Decide is one of those
books.’
*The National*
‘I thought I had read everything I needed to read on gender
differences, but, as a CEO, this book showed me a new and
critically important area in which we need to be very aware of our
biases and take the steps Huston recommends to address them.’
*Anne-Marie Slaughter, author of Unfinished Business: Women Men
Work Family and President and CEO of New America*
‘Finally! A well-researched book that affirms the fact that,
despite their self-doubts, women
make great decision-makers. This book will help you to
compete with your male counterparts with courage and
confidence.’
*Lois P. Frankel, author of Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner
Office and See Jane Lead*
‘Insightful advice for women about decisiveness, confidence, and
tackling gender bias... Useful, practical strategies based on
informed analysis.’
*Kirkus*
‘None of the myriad decision-making bestsellers consider how their
advice should differ for men and women. Therese Huston’s How Women
Decide promises to fill that glaring hole.’
*Dan Simons, author of The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our
Intuition Deceives Us*
‘How Women Decide blows up several myths about female
decision-making that everyone believes, women included... Every
woman needs to read this well-researched and wonderfully reported
book.’
*Joanna Barsh, bestselling author of How Remarkable Women
Lead and Centered Leadership*
‘With verve, charm, and a ruthless reliance on data,
[Huston] challenge[s] and ultimately disprove[s] several
common assumptions about how women make decisions... Huston
provides sharp observations, handy chapter summaries, and practical
advice… She builds a convincing case that if businesses,
government, and other organizations want to improve their
decision-making at the highest levels, they need to have more women
in the boardroom; and she provides women readers with concrete
strategies to defuse existing stereotypes.’
*Publishers Weekly*
‘How do women make decisions? In this thoughtful,
well-researched book, Huston avoids pop-psych answers that assume
all women are the same. Exploding stereotypes, but showing their
effect on women’s behavior, she offers intelligent guidance to the
challenges and process of making decisions.’
*Carol Tavris, co-author of Mistakes Were Made (But Not by
Me)*
‘Extraordinarily readable – and a profound supplement to
Sandberg’s Lean In.’
*Booklist*
‘A deeply insightful and thoroughly researched portrayal of women
and their decision-making in this thought-provoking read…[Huston’s]
style is charismatic and affable as she writes with wit and
astuteness. A well-thought-out piece of work underpinned by
fascinating research’.
*Press Association*
‘In clear, declarative prose, [How Women Decide] dips readers’ toes
into stereotype threat and confirmation bias, role congruity
theory, cortisol and stress studies and prospect theory.’
*Seattle Times*
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