COURAGE!Stepping Up To Leadership

Women and Leadership• Why so few step up?

• What does it take? • How can Zontians help?

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Why So Few Women Leaders?

• Historical barriers

• Institutionalism

• Culture

• “Learned Inadequacy” 3

What it Takes to Step Up

• Only women can break down these barriers

• It takes courage to step up

• Zonta offers the best training ground

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How Zonta Helps• Grow your leadership in Zonta• Learn from successful Zontians

• Volunteer for challenging roles• Communicate your abilities• Celebrate your—and Zonta’s—success

• Nurture your leadership5

The Zonta Leadership Lab

•Recognize and remove barriers•Discourage defeatist thinking •Support and encourage each other

•Provide helpful feedback•Share personal and professional resources

•Proclaim: We are in this together!

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Barriers, Burdens and Strategies

Barriers & Burdens

• Too much work• I don’t have time• I’m not ______

enough to lead• I don’t want the

problems

Strategies• A busy person

gets things done• Time is the same

for everyone• We choose to

spend time on what is important to us

• The more we give, the more we get

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What keeps us from offering to lead?

• A Gift to Motivate and Inspire• Takes courage• Driven by belief• Together we can do

anything• A Promise to Honor and Support our leaders

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Courage: Leadership in Zonta

Zonta Leadership is a Gift

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• Opportunity to grow• Use talents in new way• Make a difference in our organization and yourself

• Empower others • Empower yourself • Serve the mission

Share Your Wisdom• A—How Zonta Helps us Grow• B—How to Encourage and Support

Leaders in club, area, district• C—How to remove barriers and create strategies

• D—How to mentor and encourage next generation of leaders

• E—How to help create success as a new leader

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Create Climate for Growth

• Where else but in Zonta can we learn and grow our leadership?

• Where else but in Zonta do we find such wonderful role models?

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Create Climate of Kindness

Do’s• Encourage• Praise• Teach• Share the work• Be positive• Affirm efforts and

intentions

Don’ts• Criticize• Complain• Nit-Pick• Avoid responsibility• Be negative• Bemoan results

and belittle outcomes

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“I pledge to support courage and nurture leadership in Zonta!”

Take the Next Step

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Use courage and make the step up in leadership!

• Step up to leadership

• Step up to be more than you are

• Step up to make Zonta better

Finally, Remember in Zonta We…

“Stand tall and strong. Grow in beauty and wisdom. Join hands. Open hearts… We are in this together.”

14Laurel Burch, artist