Leadership is all about filling a leadership space with your unique contribution that has integrity and helps reach the company’s goals. According to a post on Thrive Global, “wisdom cannot be taught, people can share knowledge, but wisdom comes from experience.” Now, this couldn’t be truer, and it has been one of the underlying factors that have been holding women back from leadership. Women need to learn to help each other and understand it is not a competition.
Women need to understand that they are creating their world and need to have a different mindset shift towards the whole concept of leadership. It is no news that they are full of potential; all they need to do is realize that and unlocks it to become excellent leaders. A successful female leader is someone who knows and believes who they are, what they can offer, and can utilize their skills and expertise to inspire their followers and reach goals no matter how difficult it might be.
To become a successful female leader, you need to focus on yourself first and get to know who you are. Next, you must be able to recognize your skills and talents and learn how to use these skills to win the hearts of your followers, and then when you do this, you start creating patterns and self-beliefs that will guide you up. Finally, a female leader should also engage with others in a meaningful and brilliant way effectively.
Tips to breaking those bad ceilings include;
- Practice Resilience
- Have Humility
- Take risks
- Good communicator
- Team player
- Good listener
- Be of service to others
- Offer Support, Not Criticism
- Play to your strengths
- Goal Getter
- Enforce rules and regulations but with kindness and grace (Be tough but fair)
In my opinion, it’s obvious that women must support one another for growth to take place. But, first, let’s take the word competition out of the picture, and then let the core principles of leadership begin to manifest themselves.
