The Challenge of being a female leader
“I don’t have a traditionally female way of
speaking. I’m quite assertive. If I didn’t
speak the way I do, I wouldn’t have been seen
as a leader … … It was the right way for a
leader to speak, but it wasn’t the right way for
a woman to speak. It goes against type.”
(Kim Campbell Prime Minister of Canada)
Is Biology Destiny?
- Men and women share 99% of their DNA,
- A man’s hypothalamus is two to two and a half times larger than that of a woman,
- A man is 20 times as likely as a woman to become aggressive if he argues,
- Women recall emotional events more vividly than men – women have a larger hippocampus than men,
- Women use 20,000 words a day compared with 7,000 for men in a social setting – but in boardrooms women often say very little.”
De essentie: Communicatie.
Bovenstaande citaten komen uit de presentatie "Leadership In The Public Sector – Is It Different? And What About Women?" die recent werd verzorgd aan het Henley Management College door Janet Gaymer CBE QC. Ik plaats dit citaat hier n.a.v. de aanhoudende discussie over ‘Meer Vrouwen aan de Top’.
Maar goed dat het IiP-Model het “Gelijkheid & (dan pas….) Diversiteit” Principe huldigt.
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