courage! stepping up to leadership. women and leadership why so few step up? what does it take? how...
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Why So Few Women Leaders? Historical barriers Institutionalism Culture “Learned Inadequacy” 3TRANSCRIPT
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COURAGE!Stepping Up To Leadership
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Women and Leadership• Why so few step up?
• What does it take? • How can Zontians help?
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Why So Few Women Leaders?
• Historical barriers
• Institutionalism
• Culture
• “Learned Inadequacy” 3
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What it Takes to Step Up
• Only women can break down these barriers
• It takes courage to step up
• Zonta offers the best training ground
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How Zonta Helps• Grow your leadership in Zonta• Learn from successful Zontians
• Volunteer for challenging roles• Communicate your abilities• Celebrate your—and Zonta’s—success
• Nurture your leadership5
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The Zonta Leadership Lab
•Recognize and remove barriers•Discourage defeatist thinking •Support and encourage each other
•Provide helpful feedback•Share personal and professional resources
•Proclaim: We are in this together!
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Barriers, Burdens and Strategies
Barriers & Burdens
• Too much work• I don’t have time• I’m not ______
enough to lead• I don’t want the
problems
Strategies• A busy person
gets things done• Time is the same
for everyone• We choose to
spend time on what is important to us
• The more we give, the more we get
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What keeps us from offering to lead?
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• A Gift to Motivate and Inspire• Takes courage• Driven by belief• Together we can do
anything• A Promise to Honor and Support our leaders
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Courage: Leadership in Zonta
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Zonta Leadership is a Gift
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• Opportunity to grow• Use talents in new way• Make a difference in our organization and yourself
• Empower others • Empower yourself • Serve the mission
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Share Your Wisdom• A—How Zonta Helps us Grow• B—How to Encourage and Support
Leaders in club, area, district• C—How to remove barriers and create strategies
• D—How to mentor and encourage next generation of leaders
• E—How to help create success as a new leader
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Create Climate for Growth
• Where else but in Zonta can we learn and grow our leadership?
• Where else but in Zonta do we find such wonderful role models?
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Create Climate of Kindness
Do’s• Encourage• Praise• Teach• Share the work• Be positive• Affirm efforts and
intentions
Don’ts• Criticize• Complain• Nit-Pick• Avoid responsibility• Be negative• Bemoan results
and belittle outcomes
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“I pledge to support courage and nurture leadership in Zonta!”
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Take the Next Step
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Use courage and make the step up in leadership!
• Step up to leadership
• Step up to be more than you are
• Step up to make Zonta better
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Finally, Remember in Zonta We…
“Stand tall and strong. Grow in beauty and wisdom. Join hands. Open hearts… We are in this together.”
14Laurel Burch, artist