Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Alice Eagly -- Overview : Women and leadership : transfor ming visions and diverse voices / Jean Lau Chin -- Models of leadership and women : reconciling the discourses on women, feminism, and leaders hip / Bernice Lott -- Conducted monotones to coacted harmonies : a femi nist (re)conceptualization of leadership addressing race, class, and ge nder / Karen L. Suyemoto and Mary B. Ballou -- Diverse feminist communi cation styles : challenges to women and leadership / Ann S. Yabusaki -- Women as academic leaders : living the experience from two perspective s / A. Toy Caldwell-Colbert and Judith E. N. Albino -- Toward culturall y competent, gender-equitable leadership : assessing outcomes of women' s leadership in diverse contexts / Ester R. Shapiro and Jennifer M. Lei gh -- Gender and leadership in the corporate world : a multiperspective model / Karen Korabik and Roya Ayman -- Collaboration and leadership / Joy K. Rice -- Leadership through policy development : collaboration, equity, empowerment, and multiculturalism / Norine G. Johnson ... [et a l.] -- Collaborative leadership and social advocacy among women's organ izations / Joy K. Rice and Asuncion Miteria Austria -- Women, collabora tion, and social change: an ethics-based model of leadership / Marlene G. Fine -- Strategic planning : gender, collaborative leadership, and o rganizational change / Margaret E. Madden -- From margin to center : th e voices of diverse feminist leaders / Janis Sanchez-Hucles and Penny S anchez -- Increasing diverse women leadership in corporate America : cl imbing concrete walls and shattering glass ceilings! / Penny Sanchez .. . [et al.] -- Developing transformational leaders : theory to practice / Natalie Porter and Jessica Henderson Daniel -- Feminist leadership am ong Latinas / Melba Vasquez and Lillian Comas-Dâiaz -- Voices of Black feminist leaders : making spaces for ourselves / Ruth L. Hall, BraVada Garrett-Akinsanya, and Michael Hucles -- Asian American women leaders : the intersection of race, gender, and leadership / Debra M. Kawahara, Edna M. Esnil, and Jeanette Hsu -- Feminist leadership among American I ndian women / Clara Sue Kidwell, Diane J. Willis, Deborah Jones-Saumty, and Dolores S. Bigfoot -- Leadership and collaboration among women wit h disabilities / Martha E. Banks and Linda R. Mona -- Lesbian women and leadership : which comes first? / Nancy L. Baker and Beverly Greene -- Conclusion : Transforming leadership with diverse feminist voices / Je an Lau Chin.