Women

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Women Leaders for tomorrow?Julie ONeill, 15
April, 2003
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Why women make great leadersA bit about meWhat
is changing in the world of organisations?What
about women?What about leadership?
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• Me
• Currently the only female Secretary General of a
  Government Department
• 3rd female Secretary General in the history of
  the State
• Variously described as hugely ambitious, tough
  as nails, always determined to break through
  the glass ceiling, and always immaculately
  turned out
• Married, two children
• BComm. MSc in Public Sector Analysis

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Career Career civil servant since age of
17 Served in Office of the Revenue Commissioners,
Departments of Public Service, Department Finance
and Social Welfare Defining stint in Management
Training Development in 1980s Assistant
Secretary in the Office of the Tanaiste,
Department of Tourism, Sport Recreation Secretar
y General Department of Marine Natural
Resources and now Department of Transport
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If you dont like change, youre going to like
irrelevance even less. General Eric Shinseki,
Chief of Staff, U. S. Army
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We are in a brawl with no rules.Paul Allaire
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The period 2000-2002 will bring the single
greatest change in worldwide economic and
business conditions since we came down from the
trees.David Schneider Grady Means,
MetaCapitalism
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The corporation as we know it, which is now 120
years old, is not likely to survive the next 25
years. Legally and financially, yes, but not
structurally and economically.Peter Drucker,
Business 2.0 (08.00)
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The New Economy Shout goodbye to command and
control!Shout goodbye to hierarchy!Shout
goodbye to knowing ones place!
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2010 DemographicsBy 2010, full-time workers
will be in the minoritySource MIT study
(28-08-00)
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Strategy meetings held once or twice a year to
Strategy meetings needed several times a week.
Meg Whitman, CEO, eBay

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ForgetgtLearnThe problem is never how to get
new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how
to get the old ones out.Dee Hock
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It is generally much easier to kill an
organization than change it substantially.
Kevin Kelly, Out of Control
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Theres no use trying, said Alice. One cant
believe impossible things. I daresay you
havent had much practice, said the Queen. When
I was your age, I always did it for half an hour
a day. Why, sometimes Ive believed as many as
six impossible things before breakfast.Lewis
Carroll
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The greatest dangerfor most of usis not that
our aim istoo highand we miss it,but that it
istoo lowand we reach it.Michelangelo
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Message Everything is up for grabs. Chaos
Opportunity. Always has. This is the ideal moment
for the next Giant Step for women.
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Greater opportunity for women is probably the
most significant gain for human freedom in the
last century.Andrew Sullivan, The New Republic
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Tomorrow belongs to women.Helen Fisher, The
First Sex The Natural Talents of Women and How
They Are Changing the World
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And What a Future!
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Still The No.1 Untapped Source of Leadership
Talent
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On average, women and men possess a number of
different innate skills. And current trends
suggest that many sectors of the
twenty-first-century economic community are going
to need the natural talents of women.Helen
Fisher, The First Sex The Natural Talents of
Women and How They Are Changing the World
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Womens Strengths Match New Economy Imperatives
Link rather than rank workers favor
interactive-collaborative leadership style
empowerment beats top-down decision making
sustain fruitful collaborations comfortable with
sharing information see redistribution of power
as victory, not surrender favor
multi-dimensional feedback value technical
interpersonal skills, individual group
contributions equally readily accept ambiguity
honor intuition as well as pure rationality
inherently flexible appreciate cultural
diversity.Source Judy B. Rosener, Americas
Competitive Secret
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Women have many exceptional faculties bred in
deep history a talent with words a capacity to
read non-verbal cues emotional sensitivity
empathy patience an ability to do and think
several things simultaneously a gift for
networking and negotiating an ability to take
the long view and a gift for cooperating,
reaching consensus and leading via egalitarian
teams.Helen Fisher, The First Sex
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Womens Natural Talents and the New World of
WorkInteractive style of managementProclivity
to share informationNeed to strive for group
consensusDesire to empower workersComfort with
ambiguitySeek win-win solutions to thorny
problemsSource Helen Fisher, The First Sex
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The Connection Proclivity in women starts
early. When asked, How was school today? a girl
usually tells her mother every detail of what
happened, while a boy might grunt, Fine.
EVEolution
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TAKE THIS QUICK QUIZ Who manages more things
at once? Who puts more effort into their
appearance? Who usually takes care of the
details? Who finds it easier to meet new
people? Who asks more questions in a
conversation? Who is a better listener? Who
has more interest in communication skills? Who
is more inclined to get involved? Who
encourages harmony and agreement? Who has
better intuition? Who works with a longer to
do list? Who enjoys a recap to the days
events? Who is better at keeping in touch
with others?Source Selling Is a Womans Game
15 Powerful Reasons Why Women Can Outsell Men,
Nicki Joy Susan Kane-Benson
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For light relief read Barbara Allan Peases
Why Men Dont Listen Women Cant Read Maps
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It is obvious to a woman when another woman is
upset, while a man generally has to physically
witness tears or a temper tantrum or be slapped
in the face before he even has a clue that
anything is going on. Like most female mammals,
women are equipped with far more finely tuned
sensory skills than men. Barbara Allan
Pease, Why Men Dont Listen Women Cant Read
Maps
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A woman knows her childrens friends, hopes,
dreams, romances, secret fears, what they are
thinking, how they are feeling. Men are vaguely
aware of some short people also living in the
house.Barbara Allan Pease, Why Men Dont
Listen Women Cant Read Maps
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As a hunter, a man needed vision that would
allow him to zero in on targets in the distance
whereas a woman needed eyes to allow a wide arc
of vision so that she could monitor any predators
sneaking up on the nest. This is why modern men
can find their way effortlessly to a distant pub,
but can never find things in fridges, cupboards
or drawers.Barbara Allan Pease, Why Men
Dont Listen Women Cant Read Maps
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Female hearing advantage contributes
significantly to what is called womens
intuition and is one of the reasons why a woman
can read between the lines of what people say.
Men, however, shouldnt despair. They are
excellent at imitating animal sounds.Barbara
Allan Pease, Why Men Dont Listen Women Cant
Read Maps
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When a woman is upset, she talks emotionally to
her friends but an upset man rebuilds a motor or
fixes a leaking tap.Barbara Allan Pease, Why
Men Dont Listen Women Cant Read Maps
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Women speak and hear a language of connection
and intimacy, and men speak and hear a language
of status and independence. Men communicate to
obtain information, establish their status, and
show independence. Women communicate to create
relationships, encourage interaction, and
exchange feelings.Judy Rosener, Americas
Competitive Secret
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I only really understand myself, what Im really
thinking and feeling, when Ive talked it over
with my circle of female friends. When days go by
without that connection, I feel like a radio
playing in an empty room.Anna Quindlen
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AS LEADERS, WOMEN RULE New Studies find that
female managers outshine their male counterparts
in almost every measureTitle, Special Report,
Business Week, 20.11.00
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Opportunity!

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  G.B. E.U. Ja.
• M.Mgt. 41 29 18
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• T.Mgt. 4 3 2
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• Peak Partic. Age 45 22 27
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• Coll. Stud. 52 50 48 26
• Source Judy Rosener, Americas Competitive
  Secret

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Top Management the rule of threeSource
Judy Rosener, Americas Competitive Secret
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My Leadership 25
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1. Leadership Is a Mutual Discovery Process.
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I dont know.
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Leaders-Teachers Do Not Transform People!
Instead leaders-mentors-teachers (1) provide a
context which is marked by (2) access to a
luxuriant portfolio of meaningful opportunities
(projects) which (3) allow people to fully (and
safely, mostlycaveat they dont engage unless
theyre mad about something) express their
innate curiosity and (4) engage in a vigorous
discovery voyage (alone and in small teams,
assisted by an extensive self-constructed
network) by which those people (5) go to-create
places they (and their mentors-teachers-leaders)
had never dreamed existedand then the
leaders-mentors-teachers (6) applaud like hell,
stage photo-ops, and ring the church bells 100
times to commemorate the bravery of their
followers explorations!
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Joe J. Jones 1942 2002 HE WOULDA DONE
SOME REALLY COOL STUFF BUT HIS BOSS
WOULDNT LET HIM!
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A leader is a dealer in hope.Napoleon
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2. Great Leaders on Snorting Steeds Are Important
but Great Talent Developers are the Bedrock of
Organizations that Perform Over the Long Haul.
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Boss Job One The Talent Obsession.
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The Top 5 RevelationsBetter talent
wins.Talent management is my job as
leader.Talented leaders are looking for the
moon and stars.Over-deliver on peoples dreams
they are volunteers.Pump talent in at all
levels, from all conceivable sources, all the
time.Source Ed Michaels et al., The War for
Talent
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3. The Leader Is Rarely/Never the Best Performer.
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4. Leaders SHOW UP!
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The first and greatest imperative of command is
to be present in person. Those who impose risk
must be seen to share it. John Keegan, The Mask
of Command
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5. Leaders LOVE the MESS!
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If things seem under control, youre just not
going fast enough.Mario Andretti
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6. Leaders Are Optimists.
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7. Leaders DELIVER!
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Leaders dont want to win. Leaders need to
win.
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When assessing candidates, the first thing I
looked for was energy and enthusiasm for
execution. Does she talk about the thrill of
getting things done, the obstacles overcome, the
role her people playedor does she keep wandering
back to strategy or philosophy? Larry Bossidy,
Honeywell/AlliedSignal, in Execution
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8. Leaders FOCUS!
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9. Leaders Set CLEAR DESIGN SPECS.
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Danger S.I.O. (Strategic Initiative Overload)
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10. Leaders Send V-E-R-Y Clear Signals About
Design Specs!
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11. Leaders Trust in TRUST!
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12. Leaders Make Lotsa Mistakes and MAKE NO
BONES ABOUT IT!
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Success is the ability to go from failure to
failure without losing your enthusiasm.Winston
Churchill (as quoted by John Peterman)
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13. Leaders Make BIG MISTAKES!
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14. Leaders Out Their PASSION!
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15. Leaders Know ENTHUSIASM BEGETS ENTHUSIASM!
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Brand LeadershipENTHUSIASM RULES!I am a
dispenser of enthusiasm./ Ben Zander
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16. Leaders Are in a Hurry
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17. But Leaders Also Break a Lot of China
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Top-performing Companies Extremely contentious
boards that regard dissent as an obligation and
that treat no subject as undiscussable Jeffrey
Sonnenfeld, Yale School of Management
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18. Leaders Give RESPECT!
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19. Leaders Say Thank You.
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The two most powerful things in existence a
kind word and a thoughtful gesture.Ken
Langone, CEO, Invemed Associates from Ronna
Lichtenberg, Its Not Business, Its Personal
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The deepest human need is the need to be
appreciated.William James
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20. Leaders Are Curious.
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21. Leadership Is a Performance.
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Leadership is a performance. You have to be
conscious of your behavior, because everybody
else is. Carly Fiorina
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22. Leaders Are The Brand
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Warren, I know you want to be president. But
do you want to do president?
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Individuals (would-be leaders) cannot engage in a
liberating mutual discovery process unless they
are comfortable with their own skin. (Leaders
who are not comfortable with themselves become
petty control freaks.)
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23. But Leaders have MENTORS.
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The Gospel According to TP Upon having the
Leadership Mantle placed upon thine head, thou
shalt never hear the unvarnished truth again!
(Therefore, thy needs one faithful compatriot to
lay it on with no jelly.)
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24. Leaders Take Breaks.
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25. Leaders Know WHEN TO LEAVE!
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You are the storyteller of your own life, and
you can create your own legend or not.Isabel
Allende
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Thank You!