The President Wears Panty Hose

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The President Wears Panty Hose

• Tracy Edwards, Ed.D.
• President and CEO
• Lethbridge Community College

Presentation available at www.lethbridgecollege.
ab.ca/presentation
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The Plan. . . .

• How leadership is changing
• Why women have what it takes
• Tips for women moving up
• Questions/comments . . .

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24,524 leadership titles on Amazon.com . . .
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Think about these leaders and their styles. . .
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Changing Leadership Needs
Our feeling is that your leadership, while
perfectly adequate in normal times, is neither
innovative nor visionary enough to shape our
course through the perils of this new millennium
The Chronicle of Higher Education Micha Richter
and Harald Bakken
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Leadership isnt the private reserve of a few
charismatic men and women. Its the process
ordinary people use when theyre bringing the
best from themselves and others.
Kouzes and Posner, The Leadership Challenge, 1995.
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Gender Stereotypes Women

• Nurturing
• Warm
• Caring
• Gentle
• Emotional
• Compassionate

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Gender Stereotypes Men

• Cold
• Competitive
• Authoritarian
• Aggressive
• Action-oriented

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Gender and Leadership

• Socialization impacts gender-based behaviour
• Standards are male-based
• Linguistic styles differ
• Men are better self-promoters
• The double bind of toughness and femininity

Gilligan (1982), Tannen (1994), Oakley (2000)
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Leadership is gender-related, not gender
specific. . .
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So exactly what is Leadership?
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Leadership An interpersonal influence directed
toward the achievement of a goal or goals.
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Leadership A dynamic relationship based on mutual
influence and common purpose between leaders and
collaborators in which both are moved to higher
levels of moral development as they affect real,
intended change.
Freiberg and Freiberg, NUTS!, 1996.
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Shifting paradigms . . .
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New Metaphors for Leaders

• Gardeners
• Midwives
• Stewards
• Servants
• Missionaries
• Facilitators
• Convenors

Meg Wheatley, Leadership and the New Science, 1999
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New Leadership Labels
Relational
Servant
Collaborative
Connective
Interactive
Interdependent
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Dr. Es perspective on effective leadership. . .
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A Five Point Leadership ALERT
uthenticity

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mpathy

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elationships/Respect
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Tips for women moving up

• Get a good education and become a lifelong
  learner
• Take risks
• Find a mentor (or two)
• Use your intuition
• Be open to possibility

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More tips. . .

• Create a portfolio and keep it current
• Network
• Push the boundaries of your comfort zone
• Always keep adding to your toolkit

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And never under-estimate yourself!
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Questions/Comments?
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The President Wears Panty Hose

• Tracy Edwards, Ed.D.
• President and CEO
• Lethbridge Community College

Presentation available at www.lethbridgecollege.
ab.ca/presentation