--Bill Bradley, American Hall of Fame Basketball Player, Rhodes Scholar, and Politician
Every other Tuesday, WOMEN AT LIBERTY provides a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage, and strengthen women leaders. Today's Leadership Tuesdays' features is an article which appeared on Elle.com entitled, "Why Lady Bosses Are the Best" by Jessica Grose. Often women leaders take on their roles and immediately have to combat long-held stereotypes. Since yesterday was Memorial Day, I am reminded of the military movie starring Meg Ryan and Denzel Washington, Courage Under Fire. When a soldier (Lou Diamond Phillips) under Captain Karen Emma Walden's (portrayed by Meg Ryan) command wanted to criticize her leadership, he resorted to all of the cliches about women leaders: she was emotional because she cried; and she was scared because the soldier disagreed with her tactical decisions about an incident.
When both men and women state that they 'prefer male bosses', as quoted in a 2014 Gallup Poll referenced in the above article, it makes you wonder how much these cliches affected the opinions of those who answered the survey about women leaders/bosses. This article suggests that how women leaders are depicted in movies, TV shows and popular culture affect how we feel about women leaders/bosses.
The writer, Jessica Grose, uses her own experiences with two prominent female leaders to refute the myths that women are not good bosses. She attributes their leadership example as being key to her own development and growth in her career.
This article is worth the read because it gives a reference of examples where women led by example and how you can use their experience as a reference to develop your own leadership style.
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V. Nona Ogunsula
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