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Talk shows, preference for male guests on, 12

Team members and subordinates : aligning assignments of, to individual objectives, 174175; attracting good, 231232; listening to, 165172; negotiating for buy-in of, 149180, 188200; open dialogue with, 188190; performance issues in, 164, 178180; underestimating , 157158

Teamwork: invisibility of women's contribution to, 9192; solving group -level problems and, 175177

Technical expertise. See Expertise

Teen People, 4

Termination decisions, 164, 178180

Tests and testing, 313; challenges of meeting, 1415; double-bind , 67; fitness, 78; inurement to, 13; mobilizing backers for support in, 6265, 72, 9495; mutual respect gained in, 7778; normality of, with leadership change, 9495; preparedness for, 62; prevalence of, 1314, 6162; resource symbolism and, 113; right stuff, 1013; of tokenism, 36. See also Credibility; Scrutiny

Threat, perceived: by blockers, 5354; resistance to change and, 150, 151, 153, 182, 184186. See also Influence, threats to

Threats: highlighting, in resource appeals, 120122

3M, 192

Tilghman, S., 5

Time: establishing ground rules on, 8082, 86; spent by American versus other executives, 251 n .8; strategic focus in, 213214

Time, Inc.: Ann Moore at, 4, 56, 112113; AOL merger with Time-Warner and, 112113

Timing: of claiming one's contributions, 232234, 236237; of resource allocation, 124125; of taking action, 173

Token test, 36; defined, 34; examples of, 45; passing, 56

Top leadership: enlisting, to make the case, 73, 94102, 109110; importance of visible support from, 1516, 72, 9495, 158160; overreliance on support from, 158160. See also Backers

Tory, 5

Total Return to Shareholders, from women leaders , 2

Toughness: double bind of warmth and, 67; prevailing ideal of, and fear of seeming weak, 6970; questioning of, 11

Trapped, feeling, 2526

Triangle effect, 54

Turf battles , 181182

Turnaround strategy, 214

Turnover, high, 23