Lead Like a Woman

Smith Pegues Deborah

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Speak up.Don't take it so personally.Just make a decision already. Every day, whether they're competing in the business world or serving in a nonprofit, women hear that they're not enough. They're too emotional to lead, and the way they act, speak, and even think is detrimental to success. But in Lead Like a Woman, former Fortune 500 executive Deborah Smith Pegues shows that your uniquely female qualities can position you for successif you know how to use them. She'll teach you to embrace 12 traits that can help you excel as a leader, and she'll also help you eliminate 12 tendencies that could be hindering your progress. You will discover how todevelop confidence while sharpening your professional and relational skillslet go of unproductive thoughts and habits that sabotage your successcreate a transformative, participative, and inclusive organization Whether at work or in your community, Lead Like a Woman will empower you to walk boldly down your path of leadership and find fulfillment in the journey.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie

Informations

• Publié par: Harvest House Publishers
• Date de parution: 11 août 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 4
• EAN13: 9780736980166
• Langue: English

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ENDORSEMENTS
If you can collaborate and have people own the results rather than dictating the change to them, you ll be more successful.
Michelle McKenna , Senior VP/Chief Information Officer, National Football League
Bold, practical, engaging an inspiring, transformative resource for women leaders.
Shaunti Feldhahn , bestselling author of For Women Only and The Male Factor
As an avid reader, there are few books that can really stick with me for a long period of time. You will find yourself excited, determined, and in total agreement with all Deborah s time-tested personal examples as a successful leader and God-fearing woman. Get one for yourself and sow another copy in another woman s life!
Marilyn Hickey , Founder, Marilyn Hickey Ministries, Inc.
Co-host of Today with Marilyn Sarah
Author of It s Not Over Until You Win
Smart, sophisticated, spiritual, simple, and straightforward. Deborah Smith Pegues gets it all in Lead Like a Woman .
Dr. Leith Anderson , author of Leadership That Works
President Emeritus, National Association of Evangelicals
In Lead Like a Woman , Deborah Smith Pegues challenges women to pursue their calling with confidence. Every woman in a place of authority or influence will find personal and professional enlightenment in this impactful resource.
Shirley Hoogstra, J.D.
President, Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
Deborah s wisdom is priceless. Many of the recommendations she puts forth are not found in college and business school curricula-leaving many women to learn by trial and error. Lead Like a Woman is unbiased, practical, and guaranteed to yield synergistic results when followed. I highly recommend this book to women leaders at every level of authority and to the many men who are committed to seeing them succeed.
Bishop Edward Smith
Presiding Bishop, ZOE Association International
Author of Fruitfulness: Seven Secrets to Getting More Out of Life
Lead Like a Woman is a leadership bible for women. Keep it near your desk, underline it, and mark it up because you ll be referring to it again and again. I ve always been a huge fan of Deborah s books, but this is an amazing achievement.
Kathleen Cooke
Co-founder Executive Vice President,
Cooke Media Group and The Influence Lab
Author of Hope 4 Today: Stay Connected to God in a Distracted Culture
Deborah has a fantastic way of making truths practical to our daily living and Lead Like a Woman applies her amazing wisdom for women in all walks of life. Read this and be inspired and encouraged!
Sarah Bowling
Founder/CEO, Saving Moses, Inc.
Co-host of Today with Marilyn Sarah
Deborah is an absolute pro! This book is a must read for any woman trying to increase her influence. Leadership is a learnable skill and Lead Like a Woman has keys that will help you unlock your leadership future.
Chris Robinson , Executive VP, The John Maxwell Team
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Lead Like a Woman
Copyright 2020 by Deborah Smith Pegues
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97408
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DEDICATION
To all women who lead or influence others
CONTENTS
Endorsements
Dedication
Prologue
PART 1 Inherent Traits to Embrace and Manage
1. Collaborative: Experiencing the Rewards of Collective Brain Power
2. Emotionally Savvy: Controlling Your Feelings, Perceiving Theirs
3. Nurturing: Finding and Mining the Gold in Others
4. Communicative: Connecting Effectively
5. Intuitive: Going with Your Gut
6. Motivational: Inspiring Results
7. Resilient/Persistent: Bouncing Back and Moving Forward
8. Flexible: Rolling with Changes and Challenges
9. Vulnerable: Getting Real About Your Weaknesses
10. Servant-Hearted: Unveiling the Secret to Greatness
11. Principled: Being a Values-Driven Leader
12. Resourceful: Finding a Way to Succeed
PART 2 Counterproductive Tendencies to Let Go
13. Lacking Confidence
14. Pursuing Perfection
15. Disfavoring Other Women
16. Chronic Multitasking
17. Downplaying Skills and Accomplishments
18. Forsaking Work-Life Balance
19. Lacking Executive Presence
20. Speaking Like a Weakling
21. Failing to Engage Constructive Feedback
22. Expecting Instead of Asking
23. Neglecting to Build a Strong Network
24. Misunderstanding the Male Mind-Set
Epilogue
Appendix: Words of Wisdom from Winning Women
Notes
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Other Great Books by Deborah Smith Pegues
PROLOGUE
It s a girl!
From the moment you were born, gender socialization began. Socialization, the process by which we learn how to behave based on societal norms and values, is the basis for the gender stereotypes that you must deal with for the rest of your life. Socialization starts with your parents and is perpetuated by relatives, teachers, and other influencers, who reinforce the different expectations for female versus male roles.
Girls are socialized to embrace pink, be caring and nice, use their indoor voice, be humble, get along with others, and be ladylike, as defined by the culture. Boys are socialized to choose blue, be assertive, not cry, and compete to win. Later in life, a problem develops when women aspire or are called to a leadership role.
For centuries, we have been socialized to view leadership as a man s domain. Women who have entered this sacred realm face a double bind: maintaining their femininity while skillfully crossing the stereotype line and being assertive and strong. For some people, both men and women, the idea of a powerful female is still too much to accept as a norm. But things are changing, albeit slowly.
Over the past four decades, the increase in female leaders has produced new approaches to the exercise of leadership. Women s leadership styles have been shown to be more transformative, participative, and inclusive than the leadership styles of their male counterparts. According to the results of a 2008 Pew Research initiative studying whether men or women make better leaders, participants stated that women possessed the top eight leadership characteristics, including honesty and intelligence, by a ratio of five to one when compared to participants rating of men. 1
But despite accounting for nearly half of the workforce in the United States-and more than half of the middle-management positions-women are still rare among CEOs of the largest corporations. In 2019, they held only 5 percent of the top spots at S P 500 companies (the 500 largest corporations listed on the New York Stock Exchange). 2 According to the World Economic Forum s December 2018 report, it will take another 200 years to close the gender gap at work on a worldwide basis.
These statistics and conclusions are dismal. However, God forbid that you roll over and accept such gloomy pronouncements. You must believe that you are going to be the exception to the predictions of such a deferred outcome. You can t wait 200 years. The good news is that there are some strategies that you can begin to employ now that can fast-track your journey.
Now, just to be clear, this book will not promote a down-with-men-up-with-women theme. To do so would be like saying, Down with my left hand, up with my right. It would be unwise to exclude half of God s creation in managing the business, political, social, or other aspects of his great universe. From the beginning, God instructed man and woman to function as equal, interdependent partners. In Genesis 1:28 ( NKJV ), God said to them , Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Neither Adam nor Eve could achieve this mandate independently of each other. They were going to have to work together. This was the grand plan not just in the context of marriage but in the operation of the planet. Despite what you have read, heard, or experienced in society and religion, know that men and women can only be fruitful ( producing good results or being profitable ) when they work together. Yes, the sexes are different in their design and qualities, but they must begin to see their differences as complementary rather than conflicting. Unfortunately, the first couple ignored the grand plan and the battle of the sex