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This semester, we learned specific ways to build our leadership capabilities by reading “How Remarkable Women Lead” by Joanna Barsh and Susie Cranston, researching Boston women leaders, interviewing a present day woman leader, and reading a group book. Throughout all of these resources and research, common themes of how to be a successful leader emerged. Not only did I learn more about leadership in general, but I also found ways to improve my own leadership without going too much out of my comfort zone. The important lessons of leading with perseverance, framing, and an activist's mindset thoroughly influenced my identity as a leader and gave me new tactics to grow as a person.

One identified contributor to women's slower than expected assent into leadership is the persistence of assumptions and stereotypes that women are intrinsically "communal" or "dependent" and "passive", and therefore, lack the capacity to succeed as leaders. (National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Engineering Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, 2006 as cited by Isaac, Kaatz & Carnes, 2012).

C. The most important information in this VIDEO is: Susuan Colantuono feel as though woman need to be more confident and have great leadership skills. As Susan Colantuono focuses on the complexity of the issue, she addresses three main factors that woman has not focused on. They are to achieve and sustain extraordinary outcomes, use the greatness in you and engage the greatness in others. In other words, for woman to achieve that high level position, they would need to focus in business, strategic and financial acumen. Women need to understand where the organization is going, the

I wrote a reflection piece at work on my takeaways from Women In Leadership Summit that I told you about and the main theme was to surround yourself with people who challenge you, inspire you, and bring you joy. As I wrote, I thought of one person—you.

There is a stigma surround the idea of female leaders and their competency, a stigma that is particularly relevant to the fashion magazine industry due to is number of female in leadership positions and its need to provide a specific amount of varying amount of content to a generally female population. According to the article by Catalyst “The Double-bind Dilemma For Women in Leadership: Damned If You Do, Doomed If You Don’t” it is a common belief that men have more innate abilities that make them better leaders (2007). The other side of that idea is that women are less competent and ineffective leaders causing the double-bind. Women who take a leadership positions seriously are seen harsh and not well liked, however women who take on a leadership position with a “feminine”

Barbara Kellerman begins to talk about women in leadership and the continuous obstacles faced by women in her book, Women and Leadership. Throughout the book she talks about obstacles women face as leaders. She goes over how women address these challenges and how they exercise their power. Barbara has dissected the mythology of leadership and we know that context matters; theoretical models and the resultant disconnect have limited our enduring qualities of leadership in practice.

Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg is a book about “woman, work, and the will to lead.” This book was inspirational and motivational to me and has opened my mind to the possibility of allowing my voice to be heard louder professionally and personally. Sheryl examines why women’s progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains what cause it, and offers substantial solutions that can empower women to achieve their full potential. The majority of leadership roles are held by men and women’s voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. Sandberg provides practical advice on negotiation techniques, mentorship, and building a satisfying career, urging women to set boundaries and to abandon the myth of “having

The 21st century has experienced an immense growth in the interest for studying leadership (Hunter et al., 2007). Many women are taking the leadership role today and are excelling at it. President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is definitely a leader in this 21st century and she is showing the world her leadership qualities by continuing to deliver on her promises to Liberia by; modelling a new approach to corruption, making women and children a priority, working towards making Liberia economically viable and not forgetting her strong stance on policy and ethical practices. Hughes et al. (2012) stated that there is no simple recipe for effective leadership and with that being said women in leadership roles is becoming more important because they incorporate

For leadership to be born, perseverance is of utmost importance. Pushing through challenges and knowing that mistakes will be made are the next steps to leadership. In an article about how to improve leadership of young women, author Davis-Laack wrote, “Being brave

“Don’t just stand for the success of other women – insist on it.” (Gail Blanke, 1999, p.138)

As the author points out, the figures on women in leadership is staggering in disparity. The article takes time to focus on identifying and highlighting reasons what makes a successful leader. Having an opportunity to attend a leadership meeting, in which we discussed improving inclusion at my company, this article presented many of the same reasons that as a company we tried to understand, “Why do we not have more women in leadership?” This article really underscores that in order for a business to survive and grow or for that matter, any organization to flourish you need to find individuals that embody the above-mentioned leadership traits not just seniority.

“Nobody does it alone. Women leaders make meaningful connections to develop sponsorship and followership, to collaborate with colleagues and supporters with warmth and the humanity” (Barsh & Cranston, 2011). All women in the included in this study seemed to agree that connectedness has been vital to their rise but also their sense of fulfillment with their career (Barsh & Cranston, 2011). “The data show that people with strong networks and mentors enjoy more promotions, higher pay, and greater work satisfaction. In particular, women leaders benefit from professional development and active career support. And when they lead, they often achieve higher team performance because of their ability to connect” (Barsh & Cranston, 2011).

When we think of a leader, we think of someone who has power and someone who helps others become better. Some of the most important leaders are a political leader who attempts to lead a country into the right direction or attempts to improve the country. Most of these leaders, such as presidents or prime ministers of a country, are males, but women sometimes enter office. One women leader that became the prime minister of Pakistan helped the country improve tremendously. Benazir Bhutto was this leader. She was the first female leader in the Muslim world. Following in her dad’s footsteps, Benazir Bhutto became the leader of the Pakistan People’s Party and then the eleventh prime minister of Pakistan. Benazir Bhutto had an influential life

In order to show support for women in leadership, I will examine several different online resources. Within these sources, I will meticulously pull out key contexts in order to help better articulate the idea of women in leadership roles. As apart of my paper, I will include in my first section of the paper the misinterpretation of 1 Corinthians 14:34. In order to do so, I will be examining the text itself first, then going on to various online resources to gain a better idea of why Paul wrote this section. Ideally in writing this essay, I would like to gain a much better idea of women in the bible that have had leadership roles because it is important to understand in my opinion why women were or were not treated fairly in the context of

The purpose of this article was to examine women’s and men’s leadership styles, the effectiveness of the different leadership styles, and the true determination of effectiveness as a woman leader (Appelbaum et al, 2003, p. 43). The article present research conducted for theories examined. Comparing this week’s work assignment to this article, I notice a linkage to a few items. The comparable list that is closely related to parts of theories in the reading assignment are gender stereotypes; different leadership style effectiveness; developmental opportunity, and experience. All of these different topics are related to the Leadership Labyrinth.