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Extraordinary Leadership
This document discusses extraordinary leadership and strategies to enhance visioning skills, with a focus on female leadership. In 3 sentences: It defines extraordinary leadership as creating opportunities for others to accomplish extraordinary things. It identifies obstacles like a lack of vision and weak networks that female leaders face. It presents a model for extraordinary female leadership centered around developing vision, belief, effective communication, building networks, and engaging teams.
Extraordinary Leadership
- 1. Extraordinary Leadership- Just Add Vision and Veracity CREW – Pittsburgh with sponsorship by CEC, Inc.
- 2. Objectives: Define Extraordinary Leadership IncreaseAwareness of Obstacles Develop Greater Understanding of Leading vs. Managing Explore Strategies to Enhance Your Visioning Skills
- 3. “Leadership is creatinga way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen” Kouzes and Posner, The Leadership Challenge
- 4. Model for Extraordinary FemaleLeadership Vision Engaged Team Belief Communication Network
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- 6. THE FACTS 3.6% of Fortune 500 CEO’s 14.1% of Executive Officer positions at Fortune 500 companies 16.1% of board seats in Fortune 500 companies 52% of global workforce Source: Catalyst Annual Report 2011 & the WEF Corporate Gender Gap Report
- 7. Minding The Gap…andGlobal Results Men Primary Decision Makers Masculine Corporate Culture Don’t Seek C-suite / Lack Skills Lack Role Models & Critical Work Experience Choose Family Balance over Larger Roles Lack of Flexible Work Solutions & Re-entry Opportunities Lack of Networks & Mentoring Need More Support from Company/Co- workers Sources: Minding The Gap and World Economic Forum
- 8. BIGGEST OBSTACLES Lack of vision Thinkinglike a woman Managing versus leading Weak networks Inflexible solutions
- 9. Leading vs. Managing… Is there a difference?
- 10. MANAGING to LEADING Manager Leader • Maintains • Develops • Focuses on systems & structures • Focuses on people • Relies on control • Inspires trust • Short range view • Long range perspective • Focuses on bottom line • Focuses on horizon • Accepts status quo • Challenges status quo
- 11. Model for Extraordinary FemaleLeadership Vision Engaged Team Belief Communication Network
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- 17. Women and thatVision Thing “No vision, no leadership…” Harvard Business Review 2008
- 18. Women and thatConfidence Thing Round up not down… Ask for feedbAck… Understand everything is negotiable… Communicate what they want and take ris ks… Embrace the power of non-verbals…
- 19. WHAT DOES ITMEAN TO BE VISIONARY? VISION ALIGNMENT EXECUTION
- 20. WORK OF LEADERS Our Gift to You
- 21. Thank You AlisonValli, Senior Partner Becky Dannenfelser, Principal