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Leadership Styles and Gender Barriers

The document discusses various aspects of leadership, including definitions, essential skills, and different leadership styles such as visionary, collaborative, and transformational leadership. It also highlights the visible and invisible barriers women face in leadership roles, including unequal pay and lack of role models. Overall, it emphasizes the importance of effective leadership in achieving organizational goals and the challenges that hinder women's advancement in leadership positions.

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Leadership Styles and Gender Barriers

The document discusses various aspects of leadership, including definitions, essential skills, and different leadership styles such as visionary, collaborative, and transformational leadership. It also highlights the visible and invisible barriers women face in leadership roles, including unequal pay and lack of role models. Overall, it emphasizes the importance of effective leadership in achieving organizational goals and the challenges that hinder women's advancement in leadership positions.

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Gender in leadership

A leader is a person who marshals the people, capital, and


intellectual resources of the organization to move it in the
right direction

Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences


a group of individuals to achieve a common goal

It is a process of developing shared vision, influencing


others, and building trust to attain organizational
objectives.
Cont …
Leadership attributes/skills:

• Visioning skill/ strategic Planning


• Communication Skill
• Time Management Skill
• Team Development Skill
• Negotiation Skill
• Technical skill
• Conceptual skill
Cont …
Style of Leadership
Leadership styles in terms of task and maintenance

 Visionary Leadership
Leader develops a shared vision and mission, secures
commitment to them, and uses them to provide passion
and focus for all decisions, programs and operations

 Collaborative Leadership-
Leader promotes common values, teamwork, alliances
and collegiality to find joint solutions to problems
Cont …
 Servant Leadership –
Leader encourages and helps others achieve their own
goals by securing resources, removing obstacles and
coaching or mentoring them to improve effectiveness

 Charismatic Leadership –
Leader uses charm, prestige, personal stature to attract
followers and persuade them to move in a desired
direction.
Cont …
 Positional Leadership –
Leader uses power and authority of his/her position to
make decisions, direct activities, and reward or
punish compliance

 Contingency Leadership –
Leader adapts different approaches for different
situations, pragmatically using “whatever gets the job
done.”
Cont …
 Transformational Leadership –
Leader activates the motivation of followers by
appealing to their higher level needs, values and
ideals

 Transactional Leadership –
Leader makes deals, offering money, praise, recognition
or other rewards in exchange for compliance with his
or her wishes.
Cont …
Leadership style
In terms of leadership and management styles

 Autocratic leadership: the leader gives orders and


expects them to be obeyed without question, makes
decisions and expects them to be carried out

 Participative leadership: The leader presents an


issue, gets input and then makes the decision
Cont …
 Democratic leadership: the leader listens to what the
majority of those in the team say and abides by their
decision in the implementation process and
• majority rules and minority right

 Laissez-faire (easy-going) leadership: the leader


doesn’t get involved but lets the team decide for itself
how it wants to sort the situation out, whether team
members want independence or not
Visible and Invisible Barriers Women Face in
Leadership
Visible Barriers
• Unequal pay,
• Heavy workload (trip roles),
• Lack of support and encouragement
• Economic dependence on men
• Cultural and religious discriminations
• Lack of policy changes
• Persistent poverty
Cont …
Invisible Barriers
• Lack of role models
• Lack of exposure and information
• Feelings of isolation
• Fear
• Feelings of guilt
• Pressures to make choices
• Gender stereotypy

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