May 01, 2008
Ways for women to become an effective leader.
Female leaders’ groups were able to complete the task best when they were an appointed- expert leader. Just being an expert leader, female leaders find themselves lacking the ability to direct the group to use the information that the female leader was trained on or had the most information about. The large difference between these two groups was the male peers empowered the appointed leader and told the subordinates about the abilities of the leader and not the expert leader. When the women were credited by another male the group seemed to listen and she was influential in the groups’ answers to the task. The lack of creditability completely undermined the knowledge that the leader had, she would share the information she knew and the response was negative and ignored.
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This proves that knowledge definitely sets the base for an effective leader to form; it is the credibility that will affect the positive outcome of the group. The negative attitudes and expected gender roles cause female leaders to become ineffective no matter the amount of knowledge she has, the only positive outcome is through effective speech patterns and credibility, either through proven action or another member speaking on her behalf. Without the ability of the women to earn respect and credibility, she will have a hard time overcoming obstacles that come with a leadership position. In order for women to positively enhance their workplace they need to first set their own and others’ expectations higher. In order to translate this type of thinking and expectations into leadership form, woman will need to understand what type of leader men will agree with and respect.
I don't think I could handle that. If i were ignored or disreguarded I would feel completely disrespected. I don't understand how one human being could do that to another.
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