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The opposite of transformational leadership is transactional leadership.
Picture the boss who sits in his or her office giving orders and receiving progress updates from his or her employees, but rarely engages with them on a personal level. Researchers have found that women need to show strength and sensitivity. The transactional style can be detrimental to female bosses.
This is why women need to focus more heavily on the transformational leadership style because it allows them to set high expectations, while personally helping the members of their teams. Neuroscientists have discovered that women have higher oxytocin levels than men. This is why women, more so than men, view leadership as an opportunity to grow their subordinates as individuals instead of just giving directions to reach goals. We should leverage these differences. Watch the video to see how.
From a young age, girls are taught that when they speak up and take charge, they are bossy, but boys are called leaders for behaving in the exact same ways. This phenomenon plays a huge role in why women are significantly less likely to pursue leadership opportunities than men. Luckily, there is a movement to change this. They are making an effort to ensure ambitious girls are labeled as the leaders they are and not written off as bossy. One of the best things women can do as bosses and transformational leaders is assigning people tasks according to their strengths.
Rather than delegating work based on time or workload, learn what each member of your team is naturally good at and enjoys and give them as much work as possible that fits that. The best way to do this is to spend time engaging with your team on a personal level. Adventures in Business The women-led startups smashing the glass ceiling.
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The research and evidence is clear: This program is designed to help elevate the impact of women leaders — enabling them to navigate the business landscape, develop and leverage their talents, and step into roles of greater influence. Despite the compelling case for equality of gender representation at all levels of an organization, even with the best of intentions, unconscious bias can distort critical decisions influencing who moves ahead within an organization. During Women in Leadership: Expanding Influence and Leading Change , participants will learn time-tested techniques and practical ideas which women can apply immediately to their career and that can help combat these performance-limiting biases.
Get ready to be inspired, network with likeminded colleagues, and learn applicable skills for an immediate impact on your career and your organization. Professor Rita McGrath, a globally recognized expert on management and strategy, is the program's faculty director. For a complete program schedule, download the agenda.
The Women in Leadership: Expanding Influence and Leading Change program prepares participants to expand their influence and advance their leadership. Participants become more confident of their personal leadership identity, and committed to the changes they will effect in the workplace.
Each iteration of the program features a set of guest speakers from the outside world who share their leadership journeys with the participants in the program. Upon completion of this program, you will earn three days towards a Certificate with select alumni and tuition benefits.
Expanding Influence and Leading Change program uses a combination of online tools, interactive lectures, inspirational talks, and workshop exercises for individuals and groups. The weeks leading up to the program will help participants frame their personal goals for participation in the course, connect participants with each other, and solicit participant input to be used throughout the program with various online activities.
You will focus on crystallizing your goals and cultivating the supporters you need to realize your ambitions, including:.
You will also get equipped to create a new future — from envisioning new strategies to driving change in your organization, specifically:. Expanding Influence and Leading Change program is designed for middle- to upper-level executives who are looking to develop their leadership abilities and expand their impact and influence. Alumni and up to four of their colleagues are eligible for a 25 percent tuition benefit for programs lasting up to seven days.
More on the Alumni Tuition Benefit. The Women in Leadership program brought together some of the most brilliant women and men from around the world, that were redefining what a leader is. In this way, we all learned how to define leaders as role models and not by gender.