The Role Of Women In Leadership
Leadership by women is not a new issue. Matriarchal cultures have existed throughout history, and they are common in our culture as well. Women get things done, and this applies everywhere. We have women leaders wherever you look, with more on the way. This comes at a price and mostly for the women themselves.
The Challenges Women Face
With so many roles to play, from mother, nurturer, counselor, spouse, provider to whatever else you can think of, women assume responsibility, regardless of the impact on their health, happiness and overall success.
What Can Be Done?
Strong teams are made of strong individuals, and strong leaders respect their own welfare as they do the welfare of others. This is observed routinely in women Nurses who dedicate most, if not all, their time and effort to helping others, consistently overlooking their own health, safety and welfare. A few examples might help. Nurses have the highest rate of back injuries of any industrial group, and Nursing Burnout is observed everywhere. How do we turn this deeply ingrained instinct into something more self-protective?
Becoming A Peak Performer
Peak performance requires learning specific skills, sometimes God-given, but usually learned from experience and a Coach or Mentor should one be so fortunate. Let’s, for the moment, call this learning to live IN THE EYE OF THE STORM, like an NFL quarterback, competitive tennis, swimming, and the list goes on. Acquiring the performance skills of a Peak Performer is a learning process for everyone, male or female. The challenges for women are a bit different from men. Men are more comfortable being competitive, leading the pack, and calling the shots. Women are not so comfortable with this, but they can be without losing their basic, invaluable female spirit and instincts.
Creating Cooperative Work Environments
Over the long haul, successful, productive, creative individuals acquire the performance skills basic to their pursuit. In the workplace, a woman need not emulate the male persona, especially women leaders wanting to build cooperative, respectful, caring work environments. While often overlooked, such environments yield more fulfilling and productive outcomes. It is THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WORKS.
What Do Performance Skills Look Like?
Learning to Live In The Eye of the Storm means we remain relaxed, balanced, flexible and focused IN THE MOMENT. What’s the option: being tense, strained, tight and distracted? Maintaining focus on the essence of each moment is the goal and achievable, typically something to be learned and practiced. The Mulry Method website is dedicated to Self-Learning and is focused on what everyone can do in the search for high-performance skills, not just professional athletes, chess masters, great film actors, and so forth. We are all basically more human than anything else, regardless of gender, ethnic background, economic support, a good home life early on, and other such issues typically associated with success.
The Importance Of Belief In Success
Belief in success as a result of acquired skills, rather than good luck or the actions of powerful others, is crucial. The Mulry Method Self-Learner explores Social Learning Theory, the foundation of this transformative personal attribute, alongside Polyvagal Theory, which unites mind and body through the central and autonomic nervous systems. These are integrated with our In The Zone Skills Training, emphasizing hands-on practice, disciplined effort, and the development of self-command. For over four decades, we have provided human development services, continually enhancing our concepts and procedures with evidence-based advancements that are both innovative and reliable.
A Woman’s Place: The Winner’s Circle
A woman’s place is in the Winner’s Circle, achieved through performance skills and habits that are learned and practiced over time. With commitment and Self-Learning, women can excel in leadership while staying true to their values and instincts.