A Dream and a Plan: A Woman's Path to Leadership in Human Services

Successful women leaders in the human services recognize and value their own significance as well as that of others. The helping professions are rich with women who have the imagination and aspiration to be such leaders, but lack confidence or opportunity. Written from an inclusive, multicultural perspective, A Dream and a Plan: A Woman's Path to Leadership in Human Services provides tools for women who are breaking through the glass ceiling as well as those who are trying to unlock the door. Authors Gardella and Haynes have written a dynamic, empowering book on women in leadership that offers practical guidance on pursuing career advancement, overcoming barriers, and cultivating mentorship. Extensive research was drawn from women leaders in public service and private agencies and reveals the challenges, resources, and obstacles faced by women from different racial, ethnic, and social backgrounds. Examining closely the potential of women leaders to promote diversity and equity in human services organizations, the authors provide a conceptual framework for understanding and resisting prejudice, discrimination, and social injustice.A Dream and a Plan is a pragmatic and motivating text for students, social workers, and human services providers, as well as for experienced managers. Social work, human services, women's studies, and management educators will find this uniquely structured text a useful teaching tool with suggestions for assignments, experiences and recommended readings. Special Features· Succinct, reader-friendly text filled with case examples and illustrations. Special 'Notes from Karen's Diary' segments that illustrate the evolution and experiences of an outstanding social work leader. Theory and research implications from social work, management, women's studies, ethnic studies, and other fields. Real life scenarios for women leaders or for women contemplating leadership positions.Also available:Sustaining Our Spirits: Women Leaders Thriving for Today and Tomorrow - ISBN 0871013827Changing Hats While Managing Change: From Social Work Practice to Administration - ISBN 0871013614NASW Press NASW Press, a division of National Association of Social Workers (NASW), is a leading scholarly press in the social sciences. We serve faculty, practitioners, agencies, libraries, clinicians, and researchers throughout the United States and abroad. Known for attracting expert authors, the NASW Press delivers professional information to hundreds of thousands of readers through its scholarly journals, books, and reference works.Some of the areas we publish in include:-Social work in the field of aging-Models of social work-Social work with children and adolescents-Ethics in social work-Community organization-Professional development