12 Steps to a Successful Search
BoardWalk Consulting
BoardWalk Consulting LLC, 2006.
A concise guide to the search process, from assembling the committee to managing its time, and from recruitment and interviews to follow-up and hiring.
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A Modest Manifesto for Shattering the Glass Ceiling
By Debra Meyerson and Joyce K. Fletcher
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business School Publishing, January 2000. Product Number: R00107.
What will it take to shatter the glass ceiling? According to Debra Meyerson and Joyce Fletcher, it's not a revolution but a strategy of small wins--a series of incremental changes aimed at the subtle discriminatory forces that still reside in organizations.
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A Survival Guide For Leaders
By Ronald A. Heifetz and Marty Linsky
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business School Publishing, June 1, 2002. Product Number: R0206C.
Let's face it, to lead is to live dangerously. Although leadership is often viewed as an exciting and glamorous endeavor…such a portrayal ignores leadership's dark side: the inevitable attempts to take you out of the game.
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Balancing Career and Family in Jewish Communal Service
by Cindy Chazan
Journal of Jewish Communal Service, Jewish Communal Service Association (JCSA), Summer/Fall 2004.
On striking the balance between being a Jewish professional and a private Jewish citizen: the inside story from one of the few women to ascend to the top ranks of the Jewish communal field.
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Changing a Culture of Face Time
by Bill Munck
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business School Publishing, November 1, 2001. Product Number: R0110J.
Marriott International for many years had a deeply ingrained culture of face time--if you weren't working long hours, you weren't earning your pay. Munck describes how Marriott transformed its "see and be seen" culture.
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Creating Change in the Federation System
by Shifra Bronznick
Journey, Ma'yan: the Jewish Women's Project, Spring 2004.
Highlights of the report on gender bias in the Federation system, including practical strategies for making change in the Jewish community.
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Critical Trends and Shifts in the Mentoring Experiences of Professional Women
By Stacy Blake-Beard
CGO Insights, Center for Gender in Organizations (CGO), January 2003.
A look at the critical impact of informal mentoring on the career experiences of women in the corporate sector.
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From the Sticking Point To The Tipping Point
by Shifra Bronznick
Journal of Jewish Communal Service, Jewish Communal Service Association (JCSA), Fall 2002.
What accounts for the slow pace of women's advancement? To break through this impasse, the community must first acknowledge the problem then implement strategies for women's advancement.
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Homeward Bound
by Linda Hirshman
American Prospect, American Prospect, December 20, 2005.
"Choice feminism" claims that staying home with the kids is one more feminist option. Linda Hirshman argues the real glass ceiling is at home.
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Jewish Women's Leadership for the Twenty-first Century
Shifra Bronznick
New Jewish Feminism: Probing the Past, Forging the Future, Jewish Lights Publishing, 2008.

Feminism started with the radical notion that the “personal is political.”  This is still true, perhaps now more than ever. The “personal” values that Jews hold dear as a community, for which we advocate so vigorously, must be reflected in every aspect of organizational policy and behavior.

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