While it seems counter intuitive to suggest that leadership roles not begin with the criteria of experience, there is something far more critical women can take advantage of to build their leadership careers. Leadership roles by nature of the male business model have stressed a career strategy of building on years of experience. Over this [...]
Women expecting to advance their careers quickly learn to expunge the words “I sense” or “I feel” from the decision making process. Decision making is at the top of the list when it comes to leadership skills. Business leaders are expected to make their decisions based on the facts coming from a dominant male left-brain, [...]
As reported in the prior post - Women do or don’t have the brains to be a leader, the two authors, Zenger and Folkman found in their survey that women ranked higher at all business leadership levels as more effective leaders than men. The following 16 core competency areas were used to measure leadership effectiveness: [...]
In the business world women are still the minority in upper levels of management, as chief executive officers and presidents and members of governing boards. Explaining this discrepancy is not as easy as saying there aren’t enough smart women to fill these positions. Actually, business appears to be at odds with the old stereotype that [...]
What does a major golf tournament taking place at a major golf club which has fought to retain its males’ only membership do? What does a major Fortune 500 corporate sponsor do when its newly elected female CEO cannot attend because she cannot become a member? Nothing! The Augusta National Golf Club is where the [...]
“In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports.” Billie Jean King , professional tennis player While no one questions the various athletic activities girls have [...]
