Women Inspiring Leadership

by Caroline | Apr 17, 2015 | appreciating difference, benefits of diversity, business value of gender diversity, comfort principal, Diversity and engagement, double bind, gender bias, Gender difference, Inclusion, Inclusive leadership, invisible mind-sets, leveraging differences, Masculine Feminine Difference, obstacles for women in business, obstacles to gender diversity, unconcscious bias, unconscious mind sets, women in business, women in leadership | 0 comments

Rich and I delivered a well-received workshop at the third annual WILD Summit (Women Inspiring Leadership Development from the Women’s Council of the Leeds School of Business at CU). We framed as choice (the conference theme) the ability to value and leverage both masculine and feminine strengths. We demonstrated that being able to choose which is most effective in a particular situation is an important career skill. Appreciating both approaches makes one a better and more inclusive leader; the result is broader team engagement, leading to better results. We tackled the subject of how masculine-feminine differences run up against unconscious biases or mindsets, creating obstacles for women in business – and, therefore, gender diversity.