{"id":6898,"date":"2021-06-27T12:30:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T09:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.barbaraasimakopoulou.com\/?p=6898"},"modified":"2021-07-08T13:57:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T10:57:13","slug":"wake-up-call-female-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barbaraasimakopoulou.com\/el\/wake-up-call-female-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Wake up call: Female leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Lately, there are authors who come from the war arena and share with us their views on leadership issues as they have been derived from their war experience as commanders or military consultants. Such contemporary authors are Simon Sinek with his book \u201cLeaders must eat last\u201d and Jocko Willink and Leif Babin with their book \u201cDichotomy of Leadership\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This trend shows us that\u00a0war practices increasingly interfere in leadership practices. I don\u2019t underestimate the high value of the contribution of the above authors in leadership effectiveness but I am wondering what difference it would make if more women authors were sharing their insights through their more \u201cfeminine\u201d experience that comes from giving birth or taking care of people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I would definitely like to see more propositions coming from a world of creation than a world of destruction.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After a little research, I have done there are very few women authors in leadership issues.\u00a0Specifically,\u00a0among 50 top Leadership gurus, there are 5 women.<\/p>\n<p>This is not bad but\u00a0is it enough for women to leave their \u201cfeminine\u201d mark in society?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Definitely not!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They are not enough women leadership authors to influence new leaders, women, and men equally, giving them their alternative about leading life and others in a more constructive and productive way with a meaningful and more sustainable purpose, above short-term results.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Women can inspire others toward a more meaningful purpose. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A purpose for a better and more sustainable society based on peace and creativity.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, a society with inclusion, compassion, empathy, responsibility, accountability, commitment, caring for others.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1624786222605{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 52px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>\u201cWomen must claim more leadership positions if we want a more fair and sustainable society and women scholars or women in high positions should help in this direction.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-6 vc_col-sm-offset-0&#8243;]<div class=\"mkdf-single-image-holder   \">\n    <div class=\"mkdf-si-inner\" >\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.barbaraasimakopoulou.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GYNAIKES-LEADERS.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.barbaraasimakopoulou.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GYNAIKES-LEADERS.png 800w, https:\/\/cdn.barbaraasimakopoulou.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GYNAIKES-LEADERS-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.barbaraasimakopoulou.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GYNAIKES-LEADERS-768x520.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.barbaraasimakopoulou.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GYNAIKES-LEADERS-600x407.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>                        <\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;30px&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-6 vc_col-sm-offset-0&#8243;]<div class=\"mkdf-single-image-holder   \">\n    <div class=\"mkdf-si-inner\" >\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.barbaraasimakopoulou.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GYNAIKES-LEADERS-2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.barbaraasimakopoulou.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GYNAIKES-LEADERS-2.png 800w, https:\/\/cdn.barbaraasimakopoulou.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GYNAIKES-LEADERS-2-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.barbaraasimakopoulou.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GYNAIKES-LEADERS-2-768x520.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.barbaraasimakopoulou.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GYNAIKES-LEADERS-2-600x407.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>                        <\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;30px&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1624786673523{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}&#8221;]Additionally we, women must accept our vulnerabilities and learn from them. We should be more resilient towards criticism, be more confident concerning our capabilities and show them, accept not being perfect but effective.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t seek recognition and acceptance from men<strong>,<\/strong> create a <strong>\u201cwomanhood\u201d<\/strong> community -as Katty Kay and Claire Shipman propose in their book \u201cThe Confidence Code\u201d-\u00a0 where we support and are supported by other women, accept and learn from failure, take risks when needed as much as it is needed in harmony and balance, in order to create and not to destroy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Lead not from the backstage anymore but on the front stage as a protagonist of the leading scene taking their own responsibility of either good or bad outcome.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>This is not the end, it is only the beginning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women must claim more leadership positions if we want a more fair and sustainable society and women scholars or women in high positions should help in this direction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[25,120,122,76,121,77],"class_list":["post-6898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feminineship","tag-coaching","tag-femaleleadership","tag-feminineship","tag-leadership","tag-womanpower","tag-womenleadership"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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