1. 1st Annual Women in HR: Training and Development
Conference
Date: 11th May 2016
Venue: Indaba Hotel, Fourways
Meiya G. Nthoesane & Vatiswa Nthoesane

2. Uncapped Possibilities
Who is the boss???
• Worldwide, men continue to dominate executive and senior
management echelons.
• Study in South African reported that men, both black and white still
perceive “men as more likely to possess the characteristics necessary
for a successful manager/executive compared to women”
• In essence perpetuating the notion of ‘think manager-think male’
concept.
Booysen and Nkomo (2010)
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3. Uncapped Possibilities
Who is the boss???
• “There is ideological campaign for keeping women out of
the market, extolling ‘feminity’, ‘motherhood’, and virtues
of the ‘homemaker’, or restricting them to the typical
‘female occupations’, such as secretaries and bookkeepers,
for which they would be overeducated and underpaid”
Rohrlich and Vatter (1973)
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4. Uncapped Possibilities
Who is fooling who???
Banyana Banyana
coach Augustine
Makalakalane
South African Women's
hockey head coach
Sheldon Rostran
Banyana Banyana
coach Joseph
Mkhonza
South Africa women’s
cricket coach Hilton
Moreeng
Eaglehawk's coaching
panel for 2016: Debbie
Symes, Dean Erdman and
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5. Uncapped Possibilities
What research says (Servcop, 2014)
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6. Uncapped Possibilities
What research says (Servcop, 2014)
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7. Uncapped Possibilities
So why,? the OBVIOUS!
5. Glass-
ceiling
Effect/ Glass
Cliff
2. Queen
Bee
Syndrome
6. Tokenism
3.
Stereotyping
4. Pull and
Push
Factors
1.
Recruitment
Practices
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8. Uncapped Possibilities
Feminine Competitive Qualities
• Web thinking - integrate more details faster and arrange data into
more complex patterns
• Mental flexibility - ability to generate new ideas and being
imaginative
• Verbal articulation - ability to find the right word(s) rapidly
• Executive social skills - innate ability to read minds, women’s ability
to pick up nuances of posture and gesture
• Networking, Collaboration, and Empathy - ability to nurture and
connect with people
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9. Uncapped Possibilities
Feminine Competitive Qualities (CEO Mag, 14/15:119)
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• Inner
strength to
protect @
face of
danger
•Best all round
solution
•Fair but firm
•Credible but
direct
• Creation vs
competition
• Growth vs
domination
•Care
•Serve
•Love
Women
nurture
Women
create
Women
have
inner
strength
Find
win-win
situation

10. Uncapped Possibilities
Sticking the landing (Cornish, 2007)
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Create a
‘going in
strategy’
-
Identify
your
leadership
anchors
Proactively
manage your
first
impressions
Establish
early first
wins
Leverage
your
relationships

11. Uncapped Possibilities
Survival Kit - 007
1. Take time to plan for a successful career
2. Accept the reality that competition does exist
3. Gradually and progressively develop confidence
4. Possess courage and determination in male-dominated
world
5. Learn to delegate strategically – (don’t rely on
multitasking)
6. Meet deadlines – procrastination is an enemy of
leadership
7. Exercise leadership role – (minutes taking is not one)
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12. Uncapped Possibilities
VALUEYOURSELF (dozen +1)
1. Viewing men as father figures
2. Avoiding playing office politics
3. Limiting your scope of possibilities
4. Using Justifiers
5. Elevator speech that is cold or visionless
6. Your power (underestimating)
7. Obediently following orders
8. Using solely your Nickname or First name
9. Refusing High-profile projects
10. Striving for perfect outcomes
11. Explaining too much
12. Letting people waste your time
13. Flirting
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13. Uncapped Possibilities
StratiqueWLD Model
Gender Equality
Gender
Responsiveness
Gender
Sensitisation
(Loosen the
Sticky Floor)
Policies
Structure
Crack the Glass
Ceiling
Culture
Skillsdevelopment
Womenleaders
Advocacy
Gender
Empowerment
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14. Uncapped Possibilities
StratiqueWLD Model: Level 1
Gender sensitisation (WLD1)
• Promote and nurture positive gender sensitivity in socio-cultural,
political and economic areas.
• Rid organisations of the ‘sticky floor syndrome’ where women are
kept down and prevented from advancing.
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15. Uncapped Possibilities
StratiqueWLD Model: Level 2
Gender responsiveness (WLD2)
• Providing an enabling environment that reflects an appreciation of
the realities of women’s lives in the workplace.
• Develop and provide strategies, policies and structure to address
these realities.
• Programmes that respond to the different needs of women and
men
• Women’s targeted components in programmes
• Programmes for women only
• Gender training
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16. Uncapped Possibilities
StratiqueWLD Model: Level 3
Gender empowerment (WLD3) – Crack the Glass Ceiling
• Establish high-level corporate leadership for gender equality.
• Treat all women and men fairly at work –respect and support
human rights and non-discrimination.
• Promote education, training and professional development for
women.
• Implement enterprise development, supply chain and
marketing practices that empower women.
• Measure and publicly report on progress to achieve gender
equality.
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17. Uncapped Possibilities
StratiqueWLD Model: Level 4
Gender empowerment (WLD4) – Celebrate emancipation
• women do not have to justify and/or prove their worth as
leaders in organisations
• Equality becomes an organisational culture and a fibre that
defines the organisation.
• The organisation pioneers and advocates for gender equality
amongst its peers, and provides women leaders with role
models
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18. Uncapped Possibilities
THANKYOU 4 ACTIVE LISTENING
Reflections and questions
Email: Nthoesane@stratique.net
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