http://www.knowandnetwork.org/francesbell/weblog/57.html
Rachel Woolf
Sarah Churchill gave some very useful tips on how women can behave to develop leadership and be noticed, and then went on to show the changes that have been made at PwC to increase satisfaction and achievement by women in their organisation.
Anne Oberon is a Leadership Coach who works with military establishments. Anne spoke out the about the followership model (Grint):
- How Committed are the followers?
- How independent are the followers?
low C, low I - hierarchical leadership, transactional consent
low C, high I - non-existent leadership, obstructive dissent
low I, high C - theocratic leadership, destructive consent
high I, high C - socratic leadership , constructive dissent
Inspirational leaders Interactive leaders
create a vision provide a framework for others to create vision
In high achieving organisations, interactive style predominates (Burnham, D.) Barrier is that interactive style needs leader to be in good standing otherwise interpreted as weakness and incompetence. Anne described journey structure of narratives, that can be related to leadership development, for their symbolic relevance.
Stages of the journey:
- Call to adventure - we move from ordinary world to 'other' world. Display awareness and willingness to be called.
- Resisting the Call - ask yourself why?
- Meeting with the mentor
- Crossing the threshold (into the other world) - fully embrace the change.
- The watering hole - decide who is on your side and who is against you, build alliances, asseert your authority.
- Contests and battles - important how you deal with successes and setbacks.
- Approach to the inmost cave - confront inner demons.
- Seizing the sword.
- Return with the elixir
- The final battle.
See Anne's web page
Keywords: gender, IT, knowandnetwork, women
