Germane Insights

ON LEADING AND BE-ING HUMAN

STEP UP & INTO POWER

Our study on women and power reveals the secrets of women who have made it beyond glass ceilings and through obstacles comprised of systemic issues, self-imposed barriers and legacy cultures, while remaining true to who they are as women.

For the past year we’ve been asking professional women

Step into your power shoes

about their relationship to power.

  • How they define it
  • What strategies they use to earn it
    • Which ones work well and which ones don’t
  • What they use their power to achieve, and more

We are excited to share what we learned and equip more women to step up and into power. An overview of our report was recently published in The Glass Hammer. By mid-June you will be able to download our whitepaper entitled Babe, I’m Taking Charge Here for an in-depth review of what we found in our research with over 215 professional women, many of whom have broken through glass ceilings while remaining true to who they are as women.

In Babe, I’m Taking Charge Here

You will read about the cocktail of factors that keep women from obtaining clout positions. We challenge and prove wrong those who say woman do not aspire to positions of power. You will discover how to go over, around, and through the various impediments, including:

Internal Obstacles

Emotional, Social and Cultural Factors

The Cinderella Syndrome – waiting for Prince (or Princess) Charming to deliver the power shoe

The Inner Critics – internal voices that chant, “You can’t. It’s too hard. You’re too…”

Like Me – cultural press to be liked over being respected, self-respecting and powerful.

First Cousin to Like Me – failure to talk about accomplishments and advocate for yourself

Cognitive Factors

Different Realities – defining and understanding power in ways that don’t fit prevailing corporate realities

The Paradox of Power – sticking with either/or thinking; failure to adopt both/and thinking in relation to power

External Obstacles

Legacy Cultures

Buddy Systems and Old Boys’ Clubs

You Will Learn

How to transform Cinderella into Dorothy of Oz, Alice in Wonderland or other self-initiating heroines

How to turn inner critics into inner advocates

A definition of power and how it works, that works for you

To manage paradox of power and increase your chances of more rapid promotion

You can order the white paper when it’s available, or you can

JOIN US FOR THE WEBINAR – WOMEN & POWER: The Next Frontier

June 15, 2011

2:00 PM ET

Click here to register and to find out more

*The Women and Power study, as well as related articles and reports come to you by way of Anne Perschel, President Germane Coaching & Consulting and Jane Perdue, CEO of Brathwaite Innovation Group.

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