October 17–19, 2013

ARE SUCCESSFUL WOMEN SHUNNED, WHILE HER MALE COUNTERPARTS ARE CELEBRATED?

Situational Leadership Strategies to Overcome Stereotypes and Barriers

Lists the traits • Commonly associated with leadership as? • Effective communication • Skills, task completion, • Responsibility, problem solving,• Originality, decision making, action taking, • Vision, self awareness, • Confidence, Experience and Power.

Avoiding Common Communication Mistakes(or)Managing Communication and Diversity

Read, listen, and broaden experiences with diverse people• Communicate effectively by listening attentively

and asking questions about what one did not understand

• Avoid terms that spotlight certain groups and imply the individual is an exception

• Avoid valuing one’s message based on dress, mannerisms, accent, or eye contact

By reducing prejudices and use of stereotypes you can:

• Recognize that diversity exists and learn to value and respect fundamental differences

• Admit to one’s own biases and prejudices and committ to reduce them

• Dismiss myths about others when in a group of friends or associates

Observations of Leadership styles

• For instance, some women portray a more participatory approach, and some women are more democratic,

• Allow for power and information sharing• Some women are more sensitive, some are more

nurturing than men, focus on relationships • Enable others to make contributions through

delegation

Observations of Leadership styles

• While some men and women do have different leadership styles, that should not mean that one is dominant over the other.

• It has been observed that the differences we see in leadership style are partly due to the way some men view leadership as leading, while some women see leadership as facilitating

Communicate Our Bias Thru Words

• How do women treat each other in powerful positions?

• How and why do some women compete against one another?

Communicate Our Bias Thru Words

• He’s • Assertive• Lost his cool’ ,

implying it was an aberration

• Headstrong

• She’s• Aggressive, or

`hostile'. • Emotional' or

`Menopausal Thus, her behavior is devalued,

• Opinionated

 Here are ways to build more cohesive work

relationships

• Clarify the common goals and purposes• Clarify each person’s role in achieving the

common purpose.• Put team members in touch with the people who

use what they do.• Pay attention to conflicts when they arise.

Unconscious Bias, Attitudes,

• Strange as it sounds, behaviors --- such as succeeding --- are sometimes considered attractive in men but not in women. Third, there is something about our culture's view of male-dominated such as the STEM fields that causes female aspirants to be considered unattractive. Do we treat people according to their appearance.

What are our filters?

• When we are put in the position of evaluating others, we like to think that we will handle that responsibility professionally and objectively—that we will judge people based solely on their credentials and achievements.

• The good news is that our schemas and the biases that result from them can change based on experience or exposure to new information.

• Work out ways to resolve conflicts.• Remember your leadership role• Make sure team members interact at

meeting• Allow team members to have input

into their jobs

Alexander Evans © ™Principal4Mankind LLCAlexander.evans@4mankind.netwww.4mankind.net