This deck is about being an inspirational women in business, with influence & presence. They lead, and they inspire others to follow. Find your voice. Find your inspiration. Be inspirational.

1. Inspirational Women
Part 2 – Being one
Nadine Kater

2. Inspirational women have exceptional influence
&
presence.
They lead, and they inspire others to follow.

3. “Contrary to popular opinion, leadership is not a
reserved position for a particular group of people
who were elected or appointed, ordained or
enthroned.
Leadership is self-made, self-retained, self-
inculcated and then exposed through a faithful,
sincere and exemplary life.”
Israelmore Ayivor

4. “All men and women with the brains, the desire,
and the perseverance to lead should be
encouraged to fulfill their potential and leave
their mark.”
McKinsey & Co.

5. McKinsey Leadership Project
Interviewed 85 women across the globe who all
share a goal to make a difference in the wider
world
+ consulted with experts in leadership,
psychology, organizational behavior and biology
= Leadership Model with 5 dimensions

6. Leadership Model: Centered Leadership

7. Dimension1:
Meaning
• Defined: The motivation that moves us,
enables discovery of what interests us,
pushes us to the limit.
• Without it: work is a chore.
• With it: a job becomes a calling. The heart
beats faster, you are energised and
inspired.
• To find it: Look for patterns in jobs that
have and haven’t worked out and talk with
others about your experiences.

8. • Defined: basing priorities on activities that
energize you, at the office and at home,
actively managing your resources to avoid
sapping your reserves
• Without it: burnout, throwing in the towel
• With it: ‘Flow’, you don’t notice the time
that passes
• To find it: Pause, think about what puts a
spring in your step. Intersperse that with
things that don’t. Take time out to restore
and revive your energy.
Dimension2:
ManagingEnergy

9. Dimension3:
PositiveFraming
• Defined: using a positive frame of mind to
view the world, to process experiences and to
take action
• Without it: sense of helplessness and being
stuck, energy-depleting rumination
• With it: confident to manage challenges and
move teams quickly to action (rather than
denying challenges exist)
• To find it: Enhance optimism through self
awareness. Talk things through with trusted
colleagues, learn, limit thoughts to temporary
and specific impact and keep them
impersonal. Make a specific plan and act on it.
Do things that restore your energy.

10. Dimension4:
Connecting
• Defined: relationships, including with senior
colleagues willing to go beyond the role of
mentor, often called ‘sponsors’
• Without it: sense of belonging and meaning
compromised, full efficacy not leveraged
• With it: people with strong networks and
good mentors enjoy more promotions,
higher pay, and greater career satisfaction
• To find it: assess influence of those within
your network, find sponsors, build networks,
inside and outside of work. Exercise
reciprocity – provide and ask for help on a
regular basis.

11. Dimension5:
Engaging
• Defined: engage with opportunities by
taking ownership of them, accept risk as
part of opportunity
• Without it: belief that hard work will
eventually be noticed and rewarded, but
often, it isn’t
• With it: people who make a choice for risk
and work with it, rather than avoid it, report
a greater degree of happiness than others
• To find it: find your own voice and speak
up, embrace opportunities, accept risk,
reach out to others, own your professional
development.

12. Centered Leadership Recap
1 A shared purpose with deep meaning for
the people involved
2 Explicit awareness and management of
energy
3 Positive framing
4 Strong informal and formal networks
5 The collaborative creation of opportunities

13. Find your voice.
Find your inspiration.
Be inspirational.

14. “In a gentle way, you can shake the
world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

15. Nadine on
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Thank you
Sources:
Centered leadership: How talented women thrive
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/leading_in_the_21st_century/centered_leaders
hip_how_talented_women_thrive