The female advantage in leadership

This post is about a woman thought leader that I had chosen for a project, and just dipping my toes into the book so far, shes got some certain ideas of how women lead

my definition of a thought leader would be someone respected, who has gain years of experience and shares their thoughts on a certain topic to influence others and create a discussion, but Forbes does a better job with their words on the subject.

thought leader, borrowed from GIFY

My thought leader is Sally Helgenburg,  she is a consultant of leading as well as a published author, with a few of her books being about women in business leading themselves while rising to the top.

On her website, she has a list of her books as well as areas of leadership she has done keynotes on, check her out if you like to know more about her!

My thought leader project is based on her book from 1994 called: The female advantage, women’s ways of leadership. I first chose this book excited to have a female role model to learn from and get inspired on how to become a stronger leader especially in an industry that has seem to be more male-driven in the past.

From just starting the book, the vibe of these thoughts is shaped around the idea of the female temperament versus the male.

Sally gets at the point that men are a little drier and cutthroat when it comes to dealing with employees while, Women say that the way to inspire and get the most out of employees is to be uplifting and trustworthy to them.

being the fact that this book was made 24 years ago, so far I found it to be a little stereotyping with saying men are tough and women are softer, which sometimes it is the case of who you are but with the feminism movement we see today in 2018, women can also be very stern and dry when it comes to managing other people and men can be more gentle.

An idea of a stern woman leader, borrowed from GIFY

I will write more about this book once I get more into it, i feel like its going to get a lot more inspiring as we dig deeper into The female advantage.

what are your thoughts on the female advantage? do you believe that women do have a sense of leadership that men don’t have? let me know in the comments!