Gina Wong

Ever wonder why successful teams have more women than others ?

Do you wonder in awe the power behind wonder women ?

 

Well, there are unique traits in women making them great leaders !  

Check out the articles below:

 

The Most Undervalued Leadership Traits of Women

 

The Trait That Makes Women Great Leaders

 

You will discover a common theme, indicating the following traits about women leaders:-

 

Collaborative Leadership

See through a different lens than men

Influencing others

Empathy/ Nurturing

Listening

Intuition

Crisis/ Problem solving

Decisiveness

Risk-taking 

Opportunity-driven

Purposeful

Passionate

Knowledge Seekers

 

Now, putting on a "Man's Hat", I think some men would prefer not to work for a lady boss or thinks differently of women leaders.  Someone (a man) once told me "if you put a woman at the top, the company will go down."  What a strong and judgemental statement I thought... But in probing, this man had previously worked in an organization dominated by power women who are extremely smart, make lots of money and brutally agressive. So I supposed his view has been heavliy skewed by his past experience. :( [Need a neutralization strategy!]

 

Well, let's take at a more balanced view and look at power men who clearly embrace and sponsor women leaders :-

 

See Microsoft CEO, Satya's recent Worldwide Partner Conference 2015 Keynote: in his 50 minutes presentation, Satya invited 2 of his women leaders (Julia White and Lorraine Bardeen) on stage to present, interestingly, NO men... 

 

Locally in Singapore, DBS Group Holdings is a strong advocate for gender diversity. Click here for Data source. Women make up nearly 60 per cent of its 18,000-strong workforce. At the managing director level, the figure is 30 per cent. Five in 18 senior executives who report directly to chief executive Piyush Gupta are women. 

 

3 Cheers to Women Power and the Advocates !