As the waves roll over the rocks, I think of the many women I work with who lead with such brilliance. I pause and reflect on how the world is a better place because they do what they do.
Women leaders can leverage their understanding of their contextual environment to enhance their leadership success.
In what contextual environment are you leading? (personally, organizationally, globally, and historically) A leader’s understanding of these areas holds the most potential to leverage success as a leader. Hint: gender, ideology, economics, class, purpose, crisis, stability, demographics…
Strategies for incorporating contextual environment into your leadership:
Learn your organization’s view of services and mandate. For example, does it work from a feminist perspective, a mainstream perspective, a corporate perspective? What are the ideologies influencing the organization within the larger community?
Learn to lead while setting your ego aside. For example, get beyond that whatever is happening “is all about me.” Read current research, trends and studies about leadership and women’s leadership practice. Discover what factors in your context may be influencing your leadership and how your leadership is received. This perspective allows us to lead with curiosity and discovery.
Learn to lead with boldness. Step up to an act of leadership boldly, and with clarity about the environment where you as leader are engaging. Think about what it will take to achieve your leadership goal within the current context.
Vision, Persistence, Success - Lead with brilliance
Terrill Welch
Executive Leadership Coach
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A vision not lived remains only a dream.
"I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'." Maya Angelou
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