This month at Organizations by Design Inc our focus has been on Women Leaders in our workplaces.
We explored the external barriers that are still experienced by women leaders in 2024. And shared some strategies that men and women can use to shift cultures, and structures in today’s workplaces- to lift women up!
Today the focus is on internal barriers that hold us back as women, from reaching our potentials in our lives, leadership & careers.
The most significant factors in preventing us from attaining our highest potentials as women and women leaders are:
Our internal barriers in the form of old, limiting beliefs and patterns, an inability to source power outside of logical and linear ways of creating, and an inability to identify needs and access resources
Dr. Zammit’s research shows that ….
…Women no longer simply want to achieve success by today’s masculine standards. Women are yearning for something more. They are making the shift from “achievement” to self-actualization”.
…Women aim way lower than their actual possibilities. Women are held back by invisible barriers that severely limit them from being in touch with their true potential.
…Both men and women will expect less from women and underestimate their potential as well.
…Women’s expectations for themselves and their lives are 50% lower than those of men with the same abilities and qualifications.
…Women who are ambitious and reach higher are held back by the “Power Penalty”. Meaning they are judged, by both women and men, as being less likable for exhibiting traits defined as ‘masculine’.
….Women are often unaware of the extent of their competence, brilliance and gifts and generally will underrepresent their achievements.
….Women tend towards de-authorizing their authority in relationships with others who have higher status.
…..Women give away their inner authority in the face of experts way more than men do –they are deferential to authority in masculine work cultures.
Dr. Claire Zammit’s doctoral research into the barriers holding women back from their highest possibilities has revealed that the primary barriers to women’s success at higher levels are internal.
These hidden barriers act as an “inner glass ceiling” that makes it impossible to create an outcome that doesn’t line up with your own current internal “set-point.” But, these are within our control and can be changed.
If you want to explore these internal barriers, and power through them- and so much more then join us for our Women’s Leadership Series in May 2024!
Connect with us at Calendly or visit Women’s Leadership Series to learn more!
Let’s work together to lift each other up; break down our internal barriers and acquire proven strategies so we can achieve our potential as women leaders- together in a supportive community!
“I take the view that power is something to be shared with others and to use to enhance others. When people become empowered they grow in their skills, competencies, abilities, performance, autonomy & trust.”
Women’s Leadership Series
Are you intrigued by a program where leaders lift each other up to realize their highest potential?
Women leaders are yearning for, and in a powerful position, to integrate more feminine values, concepts of power and structures in today’s workplaces. Are you looking to play a role in this evolution?
Qualities of an ideal modern leader are those that are considered feminine. As a female leader are you feeling as though you are in a double bind- play leadership by the masculine rules or lose access to power? Did you climb to the top of the ladder only to find that it’s against the wrong wall? Do you find yourself trying to fit into a mold and break out of it at the same time?
As a leader are you searching for the keys to igniting your feminine power to realize higher possibilities? To eliminate the confidence gap? To understand how to increase you well being and your happiness as a leader?
Are you excited about the prospect of co-creating this Women’s Leadership Series? To becoming part of a community of like minded leaders that want to change the world through their leadership?
If so. Let’s connect for a virtual coffee to get to know each other, to share our leadership dreams – and to find ways to support each other on our respective leadership learning journeys!
Email me at nicole@organizationsbydesign.ca
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Join our Women’s Leadership Series waitlist.
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Book a FREE 30 Minute Discovery Call via Calendly to discuss your thoughts, ideas and interest in embarking on this life changing learning journey!
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