Providing inspiration, encouragement, and hard-won advice, Why the Best Man for the Job Is a Woman draws on the cumulative experiences of women such as Meg Whitman, CEO of eBay; Shelly Lazarus, CEO of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide; Patricia Fili-Kruschel, president of ABC-TV Network; Rebecca Mark, Vice Chairman of Enron; Orit Gadiesh, Chairman of Bain & Coo; Ann Winblad, Partner, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners; Martha Ingram, Chairman of Ingram Industries; and Marcy Carsey, Co-founder and Co-president of the Carsey -- Werner Company, to help all women climb the corporate ladder. It identifies the key characteristics of these women that establishes a new management paradigm, thereby leading to an understanding of what they do differently...and why it works!