breaking barriers & managing change · 2016-05-31 · what you want to be and need to learn....

Marcia M. DitmyerVice President, AAL

February 26, 2016

Challenges Women In Higher Education Face in the 21st Century

Breaking Barriers &

Managing Change

“We are the sum total of our experiences. Thoseexperiences – be they positive or negative – makeus the person we are, at any given point in ourlives. And, like a flowing river, those sameexperiences along with those yet to come,continue to influence and reshape the person weare, and the person we become. None of us arethe same as we were yesterday, nor will we betomorrow.”

~B.J. Neblett

Objectives

1. Reflect on your personal experiences and recognize their impact and influence on your wellness today and as a future leader.

2. Transform habits into virtuous action and reflection.

3. Cultivate your leadership potential to inspire and motivate people through cultural or organizational change.

Transformation

Should ask yourself:� Have you experienced an event that has transformed

your life?

� Was this event an experience you sought out at the time?

� How long did it take you to move through the experience?

� As a result of the journey, did you see yourself differently?

Expanding a sense of purpose and meaning in life

Good health by occupying pleasant, stimulating environments that support well-being

Satisfaction with current and future financial situations

Personal satisfaction and

enrichment from one’s work

Coping effectively with life and creating satisfying relationships. Sense of

connection and belonging

Recognizing creative

abilities and finding ways

to expand knowledge

and skills

EMOTIONAL/SOCIAL

INTELLECTUAL

PHYSICAL

OCCUPATIONALFINANCIAL

ENVIRONMENTAL

SPIRITUAL

Recognizing the need for physical activity, healthy foods, sleep, etc.

WELLNESSCIRCLE

Love

Cultural Identity

Friendship

StressManagement

Gender Identity

Sense of Worth

Leisure

Realistic Beliefs

Self-CareEssence or Spirituality

Nutrition and

Exercise

Self-Direction

Tasks

Creativity

Coping

Sense of Humor

Emotional Awareness

Problem-solving

Sense of Control

IT IS YOUR TURN…EMOTIONAL/

SOCIAL

• Therapy• Laughter/Happiness• Family and Friends• Marriage and

Widowed• School

INTELLECTUAL

• Honor Student• Academic Probation• Master’s & Doctorate• Dean’s List• Publication/Research

PHYSICAL• Obese – lost 110 lbs.• Always dieting• Good

nutrition/exercise• Healthy weight• Good oral hygiene• Hip replacement

FINANCIAL• Good Job• Bankruptcy• Low Credit Score • Credit Score 810• Tax Debt• Pension• 401 K

ENVIRONMENTAL• Reliable transportation• Nice house• Safe neighborhood• Good working conditions

OCCUPATIONAL• Police Officer• Paramedic/Fire fighter• Aerobics Instructor• Entrepreneur• Labor Negotiator• Associate Professor/Tenured• Vice President

SPIRITUAL• Church• Meditation and Yoga• Catholic• Beliefs and Values

When I look back at mylife I can see the pain I’veendured, the mistakesI’ve made and the hardtimes I’ve suffered. WhenI look in the mirror, I seehow strong I havebecome, the lessons Ilearned and I am proud ofwho I am.

Breaking Barriers

http://fortune.com/2015/06/29/female-ceos-fortune-500-barra/?iid=sr-link9

Hidden Challenges Women Face in Leadership Positions

Fortune 500 companies, 23 CEO’s, 4.6% (June 28, 2015)

Glass Ceiling or Glass Cliff? Does the glass cliff set up women for

failure?

Why do we have problems breaking barriers and

unlocking our full potential?

Florence Nightingale

Anna Erdmann

Irena Sendler

War Women

World War IWorld War II

Breaking Barriers in Sports

Nobel PrizeMarie Curie

Today, most women are unaware of having personally been victims of gender discrimination and deny it even when it is objectively true and they see that women in general experience it.

~Faye Crosby

6 Things Women Can Do to Survive the Glass Cliff

1. Focus on what you want to achieve.2. Network and find a mentor.3. Be comfortable with yourself.4. Pay attention to your leadership style.5. Recognize other women.6. Unlock your potential…nurture your leadership

habits

Virtue-based Leadership …Virtue or Habit

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence (or virtue) is then not an act, but a habit”

~Aristotle

Virtue is a habit. What is a habit?Physiological and psychological perspectives (second nature).

1. Automatic. Instinctive response, without reflection.

2. Simplify life. Diminishes the amount of conscious attention required.

3. Emotionless. Feelings may be present, but habits do not stir up strong emotions.

4. Embedded in our Environment. We tend to do the same things in the same circumstances; we associate certain behaviors with environmental cues.

Jeremy Dean. Making Habits, Breaking Habits (Philadelphia: Da Capo Press, 2013)

Craving for

Relief

Craving for

Relief

Routine

Change Routine

Reward RewardCue Cue

Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit (Random House, 2012). Wood & Neal, 2007.

Changing a Habit

Belief

The Habit Loop The Habit Loop

The 9 Virtues of Exceptional Leadership

Leadership Development Framework

AAL, 2015

1. Insight or self-awareness is essential

2. Change to a growth mindset

3. Develop leadership behaviors –walk-the-talk

Leadership Competencies• Managing Self• Managing the Team• Managing the

Organization

INSIGHT

MINDSET BEHAVIOR

LEADERSHIPMASTERY

Your Leadership Purpose

• Recognize how you were socialized.

• Anchoring purpose enables you to redirect your attention toward goals and concentrate on who and what you want to be and need to learn.

• You can focus on behaving in ways that advance the purposes for which you stand.

So…like it or not…

WE HAVE TO CHANGE!

Road Map for Success… to Lead and Motivate Others

The willingness and ability of women leaders to support women’s issues is

dependent on having enough women in significant roles.

Center for American Women in Politics, Rutgers; Catalyst ; Linda Tarr-Whelan

Who Influenced You?

� What leader had the most positive influence in your daily life?

� What are two or three words that best describe what this person contributed to your life?

…To find your inner leader

It comes naturally to some.

To most, it’s cloaked in self-doubt and fear.

But we all have an inner leader.

Whether it be on the big stage or in the private world, as a parent, a partner, a friend, a

mentor…the power is within us.

Lindsay P, Know is the Time. 2009

Find your inner leader

Improve your skills

Test your limits

Be a coach or mentor

“A person who has confidence in themselves wins the confidence of others.” ~ Jewish proverb

…Improve your skills

Don’t retire…rewire yourself.Use your experience, but keep

it current.

Constantly build on your skills.

Challenge them.

Share them.

Grow. Lindsay P, Know is the Time. 2009

“Experience is the best teacher, but a fool will learn from no other.” ~Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Find your inner leader

Improve your skills

Test your limits

Be a coach or mentor

…Test your limits

To find your real capabilities you must push through your comfort zone.

Don’t do it recklessly.Find what you think are your

boundaries, then challenge them by degrees.

When you see they’re illusions, push harder.

Lindsay P, Know is the Time. 2009

“What the mind can conceive, the mind can achieve.” ~W. Clement Stone (1902-2002)

Find your inner leader

Improve your skills

Test your limits

Be a coach or mentor

…Be a coach and mentor

This can bring unexpected benefits.

You pass on your hard-won skills and wisdom.

You receive great insight and friendship.

You become a conduit for wisdom.

You light the way for another.

In return, you see life through different eyes, and usually, you’ll learn more than you’ll teach.

Lindsay P, Know is the Time. 2009

“By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn.” ~ a Latin proverb

Find your inner leader

Improve your skills

Test your limits

Be a coach or mentor

…Communicate

Often the key to communication is what’s not said.Listen with your ear and your eyes.

Look where the words don’t match the meaning.Don’t fill the gaps by speaking.

Allow the speaker to do it.

Look for motivations.

You’ll be surprised at the results.Lindsay P, Know is the Time. 2009

“We have two ears and one mouth, so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” ~ Epictetus (c 55-135)

Communicate and engage

Overcome fear

Be resilient and flexible

Find balance

…Overcome fear

Failing simply improves your chances

of succeeding next time.

You can’t make progress without failing. But fear of failure is our greatest brake:

To growth; to knowledge; to progress.

Allow yourself the possibility of failure.

Feel the liberation it brings.

Lindsay P, Know is the Time. 2009

“To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.” ~Buddha (563 BC–483 BC)

Communicate and engage

Overcome fear

Be resilient and flexible

Find balance

…Be resilient and flexible

From time to time we all suffer reverses.

Sometimes they seem overwhelming

or endless.

But only if you look at them in isolation.

Thing come in cycles.

What goes around, comes around.

Bide your time. Bounce back. Lindsay P, Know is the Time. 2009

“Our greatest glory is not in never failing but in rising every time we fall.” ~Confucius (551 BC-479 BC)

Communicate and engage

Overcome fear

Be resilient and flexible

Find balance

…Find balance

Life rushes between the mundane and madness.

Contentment is often found in moderation.

Balance is elusive.

But simply seeking it allows you to avoid excesses.

Don’t make it a contest; allow things to happen naturally.

You’ll be surprised how often they center themselves, and open up vast possibilities.

Lindsay P, Know is the Time. 2009

“Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.” ~Epicurus (341 BC – 270 BC).

Communicate and engage

Overcome fear

Be resilient and flexible

Find balance

“One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes… and the

choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.”

~ Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady

Dr. Marcia DitmyerEmail: Mditmyer@AALGroup.org

Website: http://www.aalgroup.org/

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