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Gender Leadership

Orla KelleherLoughborough University

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While progress is being made to address gender parity, there is still a way to go…

‘In 2017, the average progress on closing the global gender gap stands at 68%, meaning that an average gap of 32% remains to be closed worldwide’ (Global Gender Gap Report, 2017)

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What stops women from taking up leadership roles?Lack of confidencePrevious negative experiences of ‘leadership’I don’t have the capability to ‘lead’‘I’m not a leader….nor do I want to be..’ Playing safe, not wanting to play ‘big’ Risk of becoming a ‘surrogate’ man Fear of failure, fear of success..Other priorities (family, children..) Cultural barriers Politics Fear of ‘losing’ ourselves Feeling powerless to change the ‘status quo’Perceived lack of opportunities Social conditioningHistorical conditioningOthers…!!!!!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05d9kmz

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Studies have shown…

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Women in Leadership..

• Women tend to be more transformational than men (Bass, 1999)

• Communication, coaching, developing others and time management more highly correlated to female managers than male managers (Burke & Collins, 2001)

• Women are less likely to adhere to the traditional command and control leadership style (Rosener, 1990 cited Silvestri, 2007).

• Women tend to adopt a more democratic or participative style than men (Fitzsimmons & Callaan, 2016)

• Feminine practice promotes values of mutuality, interdependence, inclusion, cooperation, nurturance, support, participation, self-determination and empowerment (Ferguson, 1984; Martin, 1993 cited in Silvestri, 2007)

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Business Insider, 2014

And the good news is……

We get better with age....!

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Diltslevels of change

Dilts

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the light of unstoppable fire

when the fires of passion are so strong,

nothing can stand in your way!

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divine

being moved by something deeper…

a feeling…a yearning…a calling…

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eternal

will you leave a lasting legacy behind ?

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diamond mysteryVision - the light of the

unknown

dream the undreamable…

Create what has not yet been created…

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when your forged values crystallise

into a gem of permanent truths

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emanatoryemanatorythe light of presence

the world will be different,

when those who can make a difference,

make a difference

illuminatingthe light of wisdom

when your manifesto for living,

become a guide for others

when your principles become the

guide, for you and others…

Illumination

the light of wisdom

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A New Kind of Leadership………?

The Genders working together in mutuality and Leadership

https://www.ted.com/talks/halla_tomasdottir

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The world is living through one of its most historic and peaceful revolutions: the gradual rebalancing of the genders’ social, educational and economic

power (Aviva Wittenberg Cox HBR, 2014)

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emanatory

the world will be different,

when those who can make a difference,

make a difference

emanatory

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THANK YOU…!

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References

• Bernard M. Bass (1999) Two Decades of Research and Development in

• Transformational Leadership, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 8:1, 9-32

• Bass, B.M.; & Steidlmeier, P. (2006). Transformational leadership (2nd ed). Mahawah, NJ:Lawrence Erlbaum

• George, B., (2013) Defining the Authenticity in Authentic Leadership. Journal of Values-Based Leadership, Vol 6, Issue 1. Article 7

• Ibarra, H., Ely, R.J., and Kolb, H. (2013) Women Rising: The unseen barriers, Harvard Business Review, September.

• Kotter, J.P., (1990). A Force for Change: How leadership differs from management. New York: Free Press.

• Northouse, J.P, (2013) Leadership: theory and practice (6th ed) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage

• Sherwin, B. (2014) Why women are more effective leaders than men? Business Insider. [Online]. http://www.businessinsider.com/study-women-are-better-leaders-2014-1?IR=T; Accessed 17/05/2017

• Silvestri, M. (2007) “Doing” Police Leadership: Enter the “New Smart Macho”. Policing and Society: An International Journal of Research and Policy, 17:1, 38-58, DOI: 10.1080/10439460601124130

• Wittenberg-Cox, A. (2014) Its time for a new discussion on women in leadership. Harvard Business Review, March [Online] https://hbr.org/2014/03/its-time-for-a-new-discussion-on-women-in-leadership?referral=03759&cm_vc=rr_item_page.bottom Accessed 17/05/2017

• Zenger, J and Folkman, J. (2012) Are women better leaders than men? Harvard Business Review, March.

‘Lights images’ kindly given by Perry, M (2018) from ‘The 23 Lights’ research for the sole use of this seminar only ..