P R E S E N T E D BY R E B E C C A C LY D E

WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP

COMPLETE QUIZ

WHAT QUALITIES IN WOMEN MAKE THEM EFFECTIVE LEADERS?

Review question 1

Why are women good in leadership roles?

WHAT QUALITIES IN WOMEN MAKE THEM EFFECTIVE LEADERS?

• Communal Qualities: • Affectionate• Helpful• Friendly• Kind• Sympathetic• Interpersonally sensitive• Gentle• Soft spoken

WHAT QUALITIES IN WOMEN MAKE THEM EFFECTIVE LEADERS?

• Transformational Leader: • establishes themselves as role models by gaining

followers trust & confidence, state future goals, develop plans to achieve these goals, innovate. They mentor and empower followers, encouraging more effectively to their organizations.

WHAT QUALITIES IN WOMEN MAKE THEM EFFECTIVE LEADERS?

• Research shows:• Womens approaches are more generally effective than

mens (transformational style)• Women particularly favor female leaders who possess

these traits. • Why?

WHAT QUALITIES IN WOMEN MAKE THEM EFFECTIVE LEADERS?

Men rated higher: Women Rated Higher:

Envisioning Men WomenEmpowering Neither NeitherEnergizing Women WomenDesigning & Aligning Women WomenRewarding & Feedback

Women Women

Team Building Women WomenOutside Orientation Women WomenGlobal Mindset Neither NeitherTenacity Women WomenEmotional Intelligence Women Women

WHAT BARRIERS KEEP WOMEN FROM ATTAINING EXECUTIVE POSITIONS

• Brainstorm

WHAT BARRIERS KEEP WOMEN FROM ATTAINING EXECUTIVE POSITIONS

• A “Glass Ceiling”• Review questions 3,4• Whiteboard

1. GLASS CEILING

• Invisible Barrier• As Pres. Nixon stated “I don’t think a woman should be in

any government job whatsoever….mainly because they are erratic. And emotional. Men are erratic and emotional, too, but the point is a woman is more likely to be”

• Even after being rated better, women are still paid less than men for equivalent positions

1. GLASS CEILING

• Salary Barrier:• 2008 Catalyst survey of >4000 MBA grads 1996-2007,

women are paid on average $4600 less than men.• Only 6% of Fortune 500 executives are women.

1. GLASS CEILING• Median Salary for Top Healthcare Executive

Positions:

• Men: 4.3 million for 25 yrs work• Women: 3.3 million

=$1 million difference

1990 1995 2000 2006CEOsMale 88,000 104,600 125,700 170,400Female 73,500 98,500 104,700 133,400COOs/Senior VPsMale 76,300 92,700 120,600 150,200Female 70,100 86,000 99,300 125,700

2. WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT

• Review questions 5,6• Whiteboard

2. WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT

• Women interrupt their careers, take more days off, and work part-time compared to men. This leads to a slowing in their career progress & reduces their earnings. • Many women left jobs in a work-family trade off.

Review question 7…

2. WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT

• Decision makers often assume that mothers have domestic responsibilities that make it inappropriate to promote them to demanding positions

3. PERCEPTION OF WOMEN NOT BEING VISIONARIES

• Review question #8• Whiteboard

3. PERCEPTION OF WOMEN NOT BEING VISIONARIES

• In a 360 degree assessment taken by thousands of executives, women outshone men in most of the leadership dimensions with the exception of envisioning (the ability to recognize new opportunities & trends in the environment & develop a new strategic direction for an enterprise)• Why?

3. PERCEPTION OF WOMEN NOT BEING VISIONARIES

• Theory: Women are visionary, but less direct than men

4. WOMEN GET LOTS OF MENTORING, BUT NOT AS MANY SPONSORSHIPS AS MEN

• Review questions 9, 10• Whiteboard

4. WOMEN GET LOTS OF MENTORING, BUT NOT AS MANY SPONSORSHIPS AS MEN

• Mentor: • combines psychosocial & career support

• Sponsor: • advocate for their mentees & help them gain visibility in

the company, they fight to get their protégées to the next level.

4. WOMEN GET LOTS OF MENTORING, BUT NOT AS MANY SPONSORSHIPS AS MEN

• Are women as likely as men to get mentoring?• 83% of women in the Catalyst survey reported having at

least 1 mentor• 76% of men did

4. WOMEN GET LOTS OF MENTORING, BUT NOT AS MANY SPONSORSHIPS AS MEN

• Does mentoring provide the same career benefits to men & women?• 72% of men had received 1+ promotions• 65% of women did

4. WOMEN GET LOTS OF MENTORING, BUT NOT AS MANY SPONSORSHIPS AS MEN

• Do men & women have the same kinds of mentors?• 78% of men were actively mentored by a CEO/senior

executive• 69% of women were

HOW DO WE MAKE IT A MORE FAIR GAME?

HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO US?

• Prioritize