Women and Power
Men are NOT the Enemy Equality is one thing – trying to become someone I’m not is quite another.
The reason women have less than 5% of the CEO positions, less than 15% of elected positions, and less than 10% of board positions is less a matter of discrimination and more a matter of women walking away from games that just seem stupid to us. Forget playing like a man…I want to play like a woman!
Women have different hopes, fears and desires and these differences create a whopping big difference in our experience of power. We have been fighting for equal rights to play a game we don’t even enjoy. Annette reports on qualitative research that re-defines what makes women feel powerful – freedom to do what we please – and how that creates enormous inner conflicts for women seeking powerful positions in organizations.
She presents three core solutions – validate your own definition of power over and above the “common” definition. Find the feeling of power before you seek the position of power – never trade the feeling for a position. And finally, toss out other’s expectations and set your own desires firmly at the top of your priorities. Ultimately we serve the world best when we obey our true natures and trust our own judgment.
Nothing is more powerful than a woman who trusts her own judgment!
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