PRESENTED BY REBECCA CLYDE WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP

COMPLETE QUIZ

WHAT QUALITIES IN WOMEN MAKE THEM EFFECTIVE LEADERS? Review question 1 Why are women good in leadership roles?

WHAT QUALITIES IN WOMEN MAKE THEM EFFECTIVE LEADERS? Communal Qualities: Affectionate Helpful Friendly Kind Sympathetic Interpersonally sensitive Gentle Soft spoken

WHAT QUALITIES IN WOMEN MAKE THEM EFFECTIVE LEADERS? Transformational Leader: establishes themselves as role models by gaining followers trust & confidence, state future goals, develop plans to achieve these goals, innovate. They mentor and empower followers, encouraging more effectively to their organizations.

WHAT QUALITIES IN WOMEN MAKE THEM EFFECTIVE LEADERS? Research shows: Womens approaches are more generally effective than mens (transformational style) Women particularly favor female leaders who possess these traits. Why?

WHAT QUALITIES IN WOMEN MAKE THEM EFFECTIVE LEADERS? Men rated higher:Women Rated Higher: EnvisioningMenWomen EmpoweringNeither EnergizingWomen Designing & AligningWomen Rewarding & Feedback Women Team BuildingWomen Outside OrientationWomen Global MindsetNeither TenacityWomen Emotional IntelligenceWomen

WHAT BARRIERS KEEP WOMEN FROM ATTAINING EXECUTIVE POSITIONS Brainstorm

WHAT BARRIERS KEEP WOMEN FROM ATTAINING EXECUTIVE POSITIONS A “Glass Ceiling” Review questions 3,4 Whiteboard

1. GLASS CEILING Invisible Barrier As Pres. Nixon stated “I don’t think a woman should be in any government job whatsoever….mainly because they are erratic. And emotional. Men are erratic and emotional, too, but the point is a woman is more likely to be” Even after being rated better, women are still paid less than men for equivalent positions

1. GLASS CEILING Salary Barrier: 2008 Catalyst survey of >4000 MBA grads , women are paid on average $4600 less than men. Only 6% of Fortune 500 executives are women.

1. GLASS CEILING Median Salary for Top Healthcare Executive Positions: Men: 4.3 million for 25 yrs work Women: 3.3 million =$1 million difference CEOs Male88,000104,600125,700170,400 Female73,50098,500104,700133,400 COOs/Seni or VPs Male76,30092,700120,600150,200 Female70,10086,00099,300125,700

2. WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT Review questions 5,6 Whiteboard

2. WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT Women interrupt their careers, take more days off, and work part-time compared to men. This leads to a slowing in their career progress & reduces their earnings. Many women left jobs in a work-family trade off. Review question 7…

2. WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT Decision makers often assume that mothers have domestic responsibilities that make it inappropriate to promote them to demanding positions

3. PERCEPTION OF WOMEN NOT BEING VISIONARIES Review question #8 Whiteboard

3. PERCEPTION OF WOMEN NOT BEING VISIONARIES In a 360 degree assessment taken by thousands of executives, women outshone men in most of the leadership dimensions with the exception of envisioning (the ability to recognize new opportunities & trends in the environment & develop a new strategic direction for an enterprise) Why?

3. PERCEPTION OF WOMEN NOT BEING VISIONARIES Theory: Women are visionary, but less direct than men

4. WOMEN GET LOTS OF MENTORING, BUT NOT AS MANY SPONSORSHIPS AS MEN Review questions 9, 10 Whiteboard

4. WOMEN GET LOTS OF MENTORING, BUT NOT AS MANY SPONSORSHIPS AS MEN Mentor: combines psychosocial & career support Sponsor: advocate for their mentees & help them gain visibility in the company, they fight to get their protégées to the next level.

4. WOMEN GET LOTS OF MENTORING, BUT NOT AS MANY SPONSORSHIPS AS MEN Are women as likely as men to get mentoring? 83% of women in the Catalyst survey reported having at least 1 mentor 76% of men did

4. WOMEN GET LOTS OF MENTORING, BUT NOT AS MANY SPONSORSHIPS AS MEN Does mentoring provide the same career benefits to men & women? 72% of men had received 1+ promotions 65% of women did

4. WOMEN GET LOTS OF MENTORING, BUT NOT AS MANY SPONSORSHIPS AS MEN Do men & women have the same kinds of mentors? 78% of men were actively mentored by a CEO/senior executive 69% of women were

HOW DO WE MAKE IT A MORE FAIR GAME?

HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO US? Prioritize