Women and Leadership. What wins?

is an overwhelming question answered by Women in Political, Business and Other Leadership spaces

Women in Leadership, Business, Career

Women in Leadership took opportunities in different spaces & flourished to withstand the challenges which faced them to reach those goals. Today reading through all these amazing women in leadership

gets us one step closer insight to understand what inspired them and how you or me or anybody in those shoes should frame that trait in ones own career. Not necessarily only women but every human professional can tag themselves to it as beauty of Leading, is a skill which is more neutral to follow than awareness to bucket themselves to one diversity.

Leadership solutions are more resourceful only if a leader can build their own leadership styles vitally keeping themselves procured with knowledge. Challenges and Opportunities is a keen feature of such work which motivates professionals to lean themselves to elevate their individual self to be with Authenticity, Self Motivation, Ethical, Accountable, Charismatic, Social Savvy, Strategic Thinking and building Consistence in behavior.

Every motivated individual who wants to drive change, build sustainability, are starting a new gig or expand their existing business need to build traits to phantom a strong foot hold on their and required legislative affairs to build a persona of presence in either an Organization, Country, Community or for that matter in certain cove of work.

Leadership and Women are always termed to be having a distinct style of Leadership and compared constantly with non Women Leadership with varied sense of responsibility, ability to collate and collaborate the thought or for than matter to be a glove of kind to match Organization or Countries driven culture; Which drives to the puzzle of Does Women mindset and Leadership mindset conflict when they lead or when they are seating themselves with Leadership overcoat? A puzzle which every individual is analyzed for but brewed in visibility for women more.

Equality does not play a role in all parts but one of the traits is to balance that mixture of human diverse individuality mindset and levy their versatility to natural constraints. Mentoring oneself can be a challenging exercise but the trick to achieving that is to find a mentor from among the resources you are pooled in and then analyzing how they stood that ground to mantle the success in their Leadership shoes. Also, who try and develop a generic sense in life are mostly the ones who lead themselves to be successful.

Respecting the amount of content we can absorb let us keep it short to only 1 trait of each Leadership person and what inspired to pick them

☆Golda Meir was a Ukrainian-born and a Mabovitch. She was an Israeli teacher, kibbutznik, stateswoman, politician and the fourth Prime Minister of Israel.

Trait: The world's fourth and Israel's first and only woman to hold such an office, she has been described as the "Iron Lady" and strong willed person who always worked to benefit Israel's citizens.

Quotes written by her or Practices she abide by: “I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.”

☆Susan LaFlesche Picotte was an Omaha Native American doctor and reformer in the late 19th century. She is widely acknowledged as the first Native American to earn a medical degree. She campaigned for public health and for the formal, legal allotment of land to members of the Omaha tribe.

Trait: Susan La Flesche had watched a sick Indian woman die because the local doctor would not give her care. She later credited this tragedy as her inspiration to train as a physician, so she could provide care for the people she lived with on the Omaha Reservation.

Practices she abide by: As an active social reformer as well as a physician; She worked to discourage drinking on the reservation where she worked as the physician, as part of the temperance movement of the 19th century.

☆Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer, a former judge and human rights activist and founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. she is also recognized for being a Journalist, Lawyer, Judge, Children's Activist, Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Civil Rights Activist.

Trait: Shirin Ebadi pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women's, children's, and refugee rights.

Practices she abide by (to understand read her Published books): Iran Awakening: One Woman's Journey to Reclaim Her Life and Country (2007)

☆Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is an American born lawyer and writer who was First Lady of the United States. Initiatives of First Lady Michelle Obama included advocating on behalf of military families, helping working women balance career and family, encouraging national service, and promoting the arts.

Trait: Michelle Obama became a role model for women, an advocate for poverty awareness, nutrition, physical activity and healthy eating, and a fashion icon.

Practices she abide by: At Harvard she participated in demonstrations advocating the hiring of professors who were members of minorities and worked for the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, assisting low-income tenants with housing cases.

There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

☆Ana Patricia Botín-Sanz de Sautuola O'Shea is a born Spanish banker. She was executive chair of Banesto, such entity being commended as the Best Bank in Spain by Euromoney for three consecutive years. Next, she was CEO and led the transformation of three former building societies into one of Britain’s most innovative banks.

Trait: Ana Botín is the founder and Chair of Fundacion CyD, which supports the contribution made by universities to economic and social development in Spain, and Empieza por Educar, the Spanish affiliate of Teach for All, which trains talented graduates to become teachers.

Practices she abide by: She doesn’t believe that being the daughter of the former chairman will be an obstacle in taking over the running of the bank.

She is a woman who is very concerned about a healthy life and very strict in her diet, she likes to follow correct nutrition. She quit smoking years ago and she maintains a healthy life since she doesn't drink alcohol.

☆Sushma Swaraj is a born Indian youngest politician, former Supreme Court lawyer and was Minister of External Affairs of India - EAM. One of the greatest feats achieved by Sushma Swaraj was the transformation of the foreign ministry as an elitist and inaccessible one to an actively responsive and easily accessible ministry whose benefits were received by everyone.

Trait: Always been revered as a prolific orator, with strong administrative skills and an ardent supporter of Women’s Reservation Bill and had often urged the fellow political parties to support the Bill.

Practices she abide by: “As far as political empowerment is concerned, it is the real empowerment because it provides authority.” Thus, she emphasized that economic sufficiency alone will not help in the upliftment of women, rather, political empowerment of women was the most important step.

☆Maria Ramos is a born Portugal and immigrant South African Co-Chair of the UN Secretary-General’s Task Force on Digital Financing of the Sustainable Development Goals and former CEO of Absa Group Limited. Prior to that was CEO of Barclays Africa Group Limited and Group Chief Executive of Transnet Ltd. She has the opportunity to transform the economy of south africa by changing the way we approach business and by inspiring young entrepreneurs to become successful.

Trait: In the search for a scholarship, Ramos discovered that her bank had a scholarship scheme where they supported employees to complete a university commerce degree. Upon applying, she discovered that it was only open to men. A long battle ensued, with Ramos surmounting various obstacles in her attempt to get the rules changed; eventually she was told that if she sat the basic exams and passed, they would consider her.

Practices she abide by: Determination for success and self improvement that finally earned her the position of the worlds

☆Marillyn A. Hewson is born American Chairwoman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lockheed Martin and held other executive positions including in government contracting, oversaw development and production of military and rotary-wing aircraft for all five branches of the U.S. armed forces along with military services and commercial operations. Serves on the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board. Appointed by the President of the United States to the President’s Export Council.

Trait: Determination in tough period and stood tall in the face of extraordinary adversity.

Practices she abide by: “Leaders must exemplify integrity and earn the trust of their teams through their everyday actions. When you do this, you set high standards for everyone at your company. And when you do so with positive energy and enthusiasm for shared goals and purpose, you can deeply connect with your team and customers.”

“Leadership skills are perishable. True leadership takes a devotion to listening and learning to build and maintain leadership skills and effectiveness.”

Surround yourself with people who are different from you;Know what you don’t know by hiring smarter people than you; and say yes to people at every level who have the courage to honestly tell you what’s working and what’s not. And when they disagree with you, they can’t be afraid to say so.

☆Veronica Lukito is born Indonesian Founder & CEO of Berkeley Investment Asia which is an investment firm focused on Venture and Renewable Energy Investment. Also, founded Ancora Capital Management where she was the CEO and Managing Director

Trait: Veronica is an entrepreneur and private equity investor and has breadth of experience on the ground, knowledgeable of Indonesia’s intricate investment and startup environments.

Practices she abide by: “Persistence” – that’s a word that sums up everything. When we have a clear goal, we need to focus on doing what we can do to achieve that goal.

“Honesty” – being honest is a basic character trait that everyone has to have to be able to survive in any industry.

☆Malika Srinivasan is born Sivasailam Indian Chairman & Managing Director of TAFE - Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited, and serves on the Board of AGCO Corporation - USA. She is additionally the Chairperson of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB). She is a Board Member of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and on the Global Board of U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC). She is a core member of the BRICS Women’s Business Alliance (BRICS WBA) and a member of India-US CEO Forum.

Trait: Malika converted Tafe into a hi technology-oriented company, thereby becoming the initial choice of the farmers and also known to have strong determination and courageous that paced time but steadily made the firm climb the ladders of success.

Practices she abide by: Contributing to the betterment of society and going beyond her chosen field of work. Education, healthcare, community development, women empowerment, conservation and tribal welfare, disaster relief, preservation and propagation of Indian culture and its traditional art forms.

The achievements of few do not outweigh the achievements of present generation but can be an extended hand of support to strive the change and build their presence in the Business, Politics and other defined Industries. Good Wishes and Many More Achievements to all of them and all of you who are inspiring themselves be to be World Leaders, Business Leaders and Industry Leaders.

Looking forward to connecting back with next Newsletter content which inspires, guides and elevates your Leadership skill. Until then keep your views open and motivated.

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