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WOMEN AND THE
VISION BY HERMINIA IBARRA AND OTILIOBODARU
Presented by:
Ayesha Sadaf Gul
Kiran Tariq
FarheenKhan
Maria Zahid
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INTRODUCTION
Women outshine men in many areasmeasured by 360 degree assessment butscore low on one key leadership capabilityi.e. envisioning.
A correspondent of the leading female CEOs,says that envisioning comes from stayingclose with the details.
Women are more practical and stick toquantifiable objective rather then craftingplans.
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VISION IMPAIRED
The authors studied the 360 degree reviewsof more than 2,800 women ,developed byINSEAD's Global Leadership Centre. Theresults were:
women did as well or better than men inmost categories. The exception was vision,and that exception could be one reason whyfewer women rise to the top jobs.
360 degrees evaluation of the leaders is theself assessment and evaluation of all the coworkers, subordinates, and peers etc.
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WHAT IT MEANS TO BE VISIONARY
trying to understand the trends in the industry.
communicating with the society and the peopleto be able to formulate what are threats andopportunities in the business environment.
and how that might match up to capabilities inthe organization.
Women are less visionary then men, is it aperception or a reality, we will find it out byexplaining the 3 theories based on research fromfemale leaders
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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVEVISION?
Sensing opportunities and threats in theenvironment
Setting strategic direction
Inspiring constituents
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THEORY 1:WOMEN ARE EQUALLYVISIONARY BUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
Less directive method
More collaborative in forming vision
Role of a catalyst, allowing potential to emerge
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Vivienne Cox, CEO of BP Alternative Energy
Creating objectives and incentives so thatthe organization will naturally find its ownsolutions.
External inputs from thought leaders andpotential adversaries to develop strategicperspective.
Hypothesis: Female leaders get less credit forresult by involving male peers in the process
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THEORY 2: WOMEN HESITATE TO GOOUT ON A LIMB.
Base decisions on CONCRETE facts
Negative effects of presumed male competence
Gender stereotypes
Hypothesis: presumed notion of malecompetence puts female leaders on defensive.
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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES BARACKOBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON
Barack Obama was viewed as a visionarycharismatic communicator.
Hillary Clinton was viewed as a competentexecutor with an impressive grasp of policydetail.
Hypothesis: Men speak more confidently withvery little data to back it up while womenfeel more confident when they have a lot ofdata to back up what they are saying.
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THEORY 3: WOMEN DONT PUT MUCHSTOCK IN VISION.
Women have a different style of leadership fromman.
Women have a skeptical view of envisioning to
achieve results. No nonsense attitude , practicalorientation.
Interviews show that women are more thorough,
had better command on details and were lessprone to self-promotion.
Hypothesis: if you want anything said ask a man, ifyou want anything done ask a woman. By Margaret
Thatcher.
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WHO SAYS WOMEN AREN'TVISIONARY ?
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MAKING THE LEADERSHIPTRANSITION
The shortfall in the no of women at higherranks is because of the vision part Theonly one thing that is holding women back .
It is often observed that the very talent thatbrings managers success in middle level canbe an obstacle to their taking on biggerleadership roles.
Behavior's relative importance to overallleadership effectiveness . Male had a edge.Women's outscoring factor was supportingother.
