'Power' is an explosive word, particularly when applied to women.
Interpretation
The word 'power' evokes strong reactions, especially when discussing women in positions of authority.
Madeleine M. Kunin highlights the complex and often charged perception of 'power' when it is associated with women. In a society that has historically marginalized women's authority, the concept of female empowerment can provoke intense emotions, reflecting both progress and ongoing challenges in achieving gender equality.
In practice
During a women's leadership conference to emphasize the importance of female representation in power.
It's time for male leaders to not only ask for binders of qualified women, but to re-write the definition of 'qualified.' The best man for the job, may in fact, be a woman, whose biography is not traditional, but is rich with experiences and skills that are not necessarily learned either in school or on the job.
It's time for women to wake up, to use the power of the vote, to honor the suffragists who chained themselves to the White House fence so that women could vote.
When women and men can shed an equal quantity of tears in public, that's when we'll have equal power.
Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That applies not only to gender, but also to race, religion, background and age.
What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
Legislative proposals that would enable an employer to determine whether or not a woman's insurance would cover the cost of birth control strikes women as particularly bizarre. Is the boss going to take care of the children that are conceived accidentally? Stop treating us like children. Women are grown ups.
You read these management books that say, 'These are the hard things about running a company.' But those aren't really the hard things. The hard things are when you have to layoff half your company, or you have to fire your best friend. Or you have to figure out a way not to go bankrupt.
I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was to fulfill my profession, which I entered before my husband was in public life
That's all managing is: just coming up with the right questions and getting the right answers.
In developing teams, I don't believe in rules. I believe in standards. Rules don't promote teamwork, standards do
Practice self-awareness, self-evaluation, and self-improvement. If we are aware that our manners - language, behavior, and actions - are measured against our values and principles, we are able to more easily embody the philosophy, leadership is a matter of how to be, not how to do.
A leader's attitude is caught by his or her followers more quickly than his or her actions.
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