Discovering Wise Feminine Leadership
What kind of wise leadership is needed to lead us away from repeating the past into building a new future?
Our global economy runs on principles familiar to women: collaboration, cyclic change, relationships first, nurturing, and respect for web-thinking. What works for a leader has changed. To get something done takes increased attention to the intersections between the organizations, where the leader has little direct influence or power. It makes good business sense to develop and utilize wise feminine approaches, within our selves, in teams and in our organizations. But, what is it really?
Feminine wisdom is a mature wisdom that is based in a high level of interest in others, and blends the cognitive, emotional, physical, intuitive, and pragmatic aspects of leadership with self-mastery. This wisdom is in sync with the natural ups and downs, ebbs and flows of life. When women, and men, claim, honor and develop the feminine principle in the workplace they develop leaders who are competent and confident in their feminine approaches.
Women leaders who integrate their feminine wisdom lead with a natural authority. They expand their sphere of influence and increase their impact with less effort than driving and striving. They gain confidence and step away from self-doubt. They develop a personal brand of leadership, rather than trying to be someone else. It's a proven leadership strategy!
Many women achieve success because of well-developed masculine qualities, but sense that something was missing. They barely know that they were only using half of themselves, the more visible masculine half. Women negate their feminine wisdom. The competitive environment makes it feel unsafe to show. The dismissal of the feminine in relation to intensive business matters is painful. It is also a waste of talent. A recent study showed that 44 percent of women surveyed in Fortune 50 companies felt that their full capacities were not utilized in work.
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