Women's Leadership Advantage

A Business Perspective

This seminar is not a "sexual harassment" approach. The real goal, and the most beneficial application of leadership is to make the best use of all the employees. To that end this seminar goes way beyond the "meeting legal requirements" approach and therefore avoids the backlash, resistance, and confusion that are the consequences of that method. Our desire is not to constrain behavior and make people less than they are, but to open up the eyes of both genders to the contribution each offers.

The growing complexity and the fast pace of change in the marketplace are putting new pressures on most organizations. The necessity to change old habits and do things in a new way is confusing and problematic for many leaders and managers. It is one thing to say "do things differently" and quite another to actually know what "differently" means. From a systems perspective, the older "closed" system must be opened to new ideas. One of the major benefits of bringing women into the workplace, and ethnic minorities also, is the fresh eyes with which they see the old, established ways of doing business. Their very unfamiliarity with traditional processes and methods offers an easy avenue to new ideas and innovative alternatives.
 

Each individual, irrespective of gender, has a unique approach and unique insights into how life can be lived, and work can be done. Caught in our own paradigms, we tease, make fun of, and disparage other people, trapped in our own spatial blindness. We need new options - desperately - to get out of the bind we are in. To get those options, we must open our eyes and ears to the wealth of creativity contained in the unexpressed, depreciated, devalued views of others.

As a human who is categorized as being "different" one is often caught in a dilemma; do you declare the difference and hope others will be open minded enough to see and appreciate it, or do you minimize the difference and hope nobody notices? There are some differences that are hard to hide, height is one, but there are others that are not only more easily hidden, but are practically invisible. People recognize that there is a "difference" but are often hard put to place a finger on exactly what that difference is. The propose of this seminar is to more fully explore and clarify the differences between the genders in ways that open up both parties to the usefulness of the other.

I believe that there is a very compelling reason for really beginning to listen to each other with appreciative ears. The new behaviors we need to learn and practice require new structures, new organizational designs to be sustainable. One of the great gifts of the female perspective is just exactly that. Left to their own devices, women manage and design their organizations in ways that are different from the traditional models. We need this difference. Come explore with us the advantages and differences that seeing with engendered eyes offers.
 

Presentation Description

This seminar will open up participants to the incredible possibilities already present in the workplace, and the loss suffered because each gender has not been seen as the gift they are. Each women has significant gifts to give. More importantly, those gifts are exponentially increased when women find their voice and have the position and power to express themselves.

Women, often excluded from business, have formed their own ways of leadership and organizational design. The time has come to clearly understand the uniqueness of being a strong woman in the workplace. While each woman is an individual in her own right, there are certain characteristics that can be found in most women's approach to leadership that are more common in people of feminine gender. To ensure the creation of vigorous, robust and energetic organizations as a crucial imperative for future business success, the style and character of feminine leadership needs to be better understood.

So much is built upon our innate understanding of how the world works, and our place in it. This understanding is fundamentally different if you are a woman, than if you are a man. This seminar will explore these differences and how they impact our natural management and leadership styles. We will also explore the implications of these differences for how we design organizations. Each person only knows their own experience. We grow up thinking everyone is just like us. One of the most profound implications of the shrinking of the globe, is the realization that others are not like us, and that that is a good thing. This new appreciation of diversity is the leverage point for building more resilient and effective organizations.
 

Goals and Objectives

During this seminar participants can expect to:

• Experience a renewed appreciation for the feminine perspective
• Gain insights into how feminine leadership supports organizational transformation
• Achieve a better understanding of difficult gender connected situations
• Make more effective use of the feminine perspective in day-to-day management
• Work more potently with others of both genders

Intended Audience

This workshop will benefit managers and leaders looking to deepen their understanding and appreciation of gender differences. People who have the responsibility for initiating or managing both genders in their organization. Executives and leaders who have the responsibility for organizational effectiveness and change.
 
 

The seminar includes:

• Experiential material and exercises
• A workbook
• Resources

 

 

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