It’s time to stop following outdated models of leadership and embrace a culture that works for women,not just menWomen leaders lack self-confidence, apt? Well, and yes and no. Certainly it seems every woman wants more of it. It is universally the main desired outcome from the women in leadership programmes we escape. And I’d be rich whether I had a pound for every time a woman says sorry. Perhaps it’s just a British thing but apologising for speaking seems to contain become a national female tic. Over the years of coaching women leaders I was first astonished then tired of hearing the same refrain: “I wish I was more self-confident.” Then I stopped believing it. I came to see it as an acceptable veil for a host of other issues – disappointment,frustration, scare and fury. I’ve come to realise we are asking the wrong questions and chasing the wrong goals.
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Source: theguardian.com