<p><span>In this article you will learn</span><br></p><ul><li>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">14 powerful reasons - why many women don't become influential-leaders </b></li> <li>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">43 remarkable soft skills and qualities women develop - through their journey of normal life - irrespective of their education, social-status and financial-position and whether working or housewives - they do all things CEOs do</b></li> <li>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">39 basic tips - on How you as a woman can come in big-ways to take leadership roles</b></li> <li>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">49 Qualities to develop on How to start our journey to be a great leader - the basic steps- all the points mentioned above and following - have separate and detailed Do-it-yourself blogs and YouTube videos</b></li> <li>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">The initiation into Leadership for the aspiring-leader</b> - is all about being a B.I.T.C.H - acting B.I.T.C.H.Y and becoming B.I.T.C.H.yer to develop yourselves into remarkable leaders - this acronyms B.I.T.C.H.yer - is a powerful formula although may looks similar to insulting-words used by unsophisticated</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" data-verified="redactor">Why women are natural leaders</strong> - <strong data-redactor-tag="strong" data-verified="redactor">YET - why</strong> many of the <b data-redactor-tag="b">women with remarkable talents don't recognize this themselves</b></p><p><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" data-verified="redactor">Women how you can use your natural strengths to become a great leader and a woman of influence</strong> </p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Irrespective of their education, social-status and financial-position and whether working or housewives - most women play many of the roles - which the CEOs and chairpersons do</b>.</p><p><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" data-verified="redactor"></strong> <strong data-redactor-tag="strong" data-verified="redactor">Although being a women and being a leader - they <b data-redactor-tag="b">have fight for everything - but once at the CEO levels - most women do exceedingly well</b> - especially in the global best organizations.</strong></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">14 powerful reasons - why many women don't become influential-leaders </b></p><ul><li>1.<b data-redactor-tag="b">Many women develop psychological-issues hampering their personalities and subduing their aspirations </b>[because of various <b data-redactor-tag="b">social-and-family oppressions, restrictions and suppressions</b>- this is kind of global phenomenon] </li> <li>2.Very rare [if at all any] - organization - recruits, handholds and mentors women to harness the tremendous power of women's natural leadership AND also to create meritocratic and impartial opportunities and pathways to make them go to the top</li> <li>3.Politicians like any other genre - are male-controlled AND they are least interested in correcting and balancing the skewed tilt and almost pathetically insignificant percentage of women</li> <li>4.Because of their social-status - and how they are treated by the males in their family as well as professionally and socially - many women get into the mindset of - I can't or it is not worth fighting</li> <li>5.Workplace discrimination - and women being passed for promotion is as prevalent as subtle sexual harassments </li> <li>6.Women facing - "have-to-fight" to "get-what-they-deserve" and what is their right - makes many women give-up lower-down aspirations </li> <li>7.Their get caught-up in managing - multiple-roles - that many women accept their role as house-wives, mothers, care-giver and suppress their big-calling [which although inculcates the right soft-leadership-skills and which males can never get automatically AND have to learn with through experiences and with focused concentration] </li> <li>8.Their being responsible of giving-birth and raising children also at times - plays havoc with women who have otherwise managed to create a space for themselves - in the business and professional world</li> <li>9.Many women themselves - undervalue, underrate and undersell themselves - I am giving the following questions with my reading[answers]</li> <li>I.Who can become great leader - men or woman - <b data-redactor-tag="b">BOTH can become great leaders</b>.</li> <li>II.Who have the best soft-skills to become wonderful leaders - <b data-redactor-tag="b">women because of their types of life's experiences and exposures</b></li> <li>III.Who does not recognize - their own massive inner strengths, power and potential - women.</li> <li>10. Women very rarely have or enroll powerful-mentors - to coach and guide them</li> <li>11. The other side of coin is - most women don't mentor OPENLY - other women</li> <li>12. Instead of using their uniqueness and creating a niche-leadership - they try to conform and compete with strengths which is typically-male-specific</li> <li>13. Restricted exposure and experiences [which happens as a result of all above reasons] - and which is an essentially needed prerequisite - makes many women not as competent </li> <li>14. There is not enough focus given by the media, the existing leaders, the top-leadership - to the efforts of accomplished women - to help motivate and inspire more women to come into leadership</li> </ul><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">43 remarkable soft skills and qualities women develop - through their journey of normal life [where they have to face - biases, impartiality, opposition, suppression etc. etc. of every kind and nature from almost every one] </b></p><ul><li>1.Listening</li> <li>2.Nurturing and Care </li> <li>3.Empathy</li> <li>4.Slow response - remarkable because they can think through - many factors</li> <li>5.Ability to handle pressure - learn not to cave-in</li> <li>6.Maintain self-identity</li> <li>7.Conflict-resolution and peacemaking</li> <li>8.Balancing various roles and demand on time effectively</li> <li>9.Trustable and dependable</li> <li>10. Can encourage better</li> <li>11. Collaborations and teamwork</li> <li>12. Dedication</li> <li>13. Networking</li> <li>14. Self-motivation</li> <li>15. Supportive</li> <li>16. Higher emotional intelligence </li> <li>17. Disciplined</li> <li>18. Manage and organize events better</li> <li>19. Take stand</li> <li>20. Are more likely to speak-up for fairness</li> <li>21. Possess some great values</li> <li>22. Compete against bias to prove their worth</li> <li>23. Resilience</li> <li>24. Manage and carry themselves better</li> <li>25. Take initiative during tough situation</li> <li>26. Display calm in times of catastrophe</li> <li>27. Focused on results</li> <li>28. Building relationships</li> <li>29. Analyzing issues plus Identifying and solving problems</li> <li>30. Foresee future impacts better</li> <li>31. Have natural compassion</li> <li>32. View work more holistically - and focus on work-life balance </li> <li>33. In spite of no encouragement - in the male-dominated world - the compete on equal terms and come-out winner</li> <li>34. They can wear many hats - naturally without getting overwhelmed</li> <li>35. Lead by example</li> <li>36. They are ok with doing mundane-thankless BUT essential jobs - through internal motivation</li> <li>37. Handle changes and adopt to change fairly well</li> <li>38. They are soft yet firm</li> <li>39. They can be great situational leaders</li> <li>40. Women make terrific mentors</li> <li>41. Millennial women are more educated than men</li> <li>42. They can be display very high level of Professionalism </li> <li>43. Highly creative - to find solutions - especially when their hands are tied with lack of resources</li></ul><p><b data-redactor-tag="b"><br></b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">39 basic tips - on How you as a woman can come in big-ways to take leadership roles</b> - How to encourage women to pursue leadership roles - Under this I have given few questions[along with general suggestions] to provoke, introspect and catalyze - the readers into taking actions</p><ul><li>1.<strong data-redactor-tag="strong" data-verified="redactor">Few questions to ask yourself</strong></li> <li>I.Women may not always realize how poised for success they are in leadership roles - but their potential, abilities and what they can accomplished -are undeniable.</li> <li>II.More women — mothers in particular — need to realize their worth and recognize in their own minds that they truly are natural leaders </li> <li>III.If Only Women Knew They Were Natural-Born Leaders - But do they themselves consider them having leadership caliber</li> <li>IV.What if they believed in themselves </li> <li>V.What if they could train their minds differently</li> <li>VI.Studies show that once women land leadership positions they excel - often surpassing men - because they already have very refined levels of soft skills necessary for effective leadership.</li> <li>VII.Women need just to identify and master their unique strengths - wherever they have shown this - they have demonstrated that they have just as much capability as men to lead and run - in any sphere of life </li> <li>2.Seek opportunities that may look like stretch - but have great exposure and learning opportunities.</li> <li>3.Keep yourself updated with the latest and most-applied skill - as in this digital world - new skills and roles gets created as fast and disappear even faster</li> <li>4.Walk the talk - lead from the front</li> <li>5.Start Creating a culture of Inclusion through conscious efforts</li> <li>6.Authentic genuine transparent and straight-forward Communication</li> <li>7.If your current work environment doesn't make you feel supported - seek a different opportunity - because to be an effective leader - you need to be able to ask for and able to practice what you believe in</li> <li>8.Be committed to excel - not be mediocre</li> <li>9.Proactively seek and embrace change</li> <li>10. Dare to be yourself and have courage to be different</li> <li>11. Have the heart to be mocked and ridiculed - when you go for your big dreams</li> <li>12. Take risk in experimenting - which comes from your intuition</li> <li>13. Influencing others through setting example</li> <li>14. Be very-very disciplined</li> <li>15. Go for unconventional ideas - break the rules to challenge the status-quo</li> <li>16. Sharpen your emotional and social intelligences</li> <li>17. Compete on equal footing - don't expect to be given softer roles</li> <li>18. Be competent through constantly learning and making your yesterday obsolete by reinventing yourself continuously</li> <li>19. Continually honed and fine-tuned - all your unique strengths</li> <li>20. Create Strategic Vision- use Creativity and Innovation to polish your Critical Thinking and Problem Solving skills</li> <li>21. Be dependable and become epitome of Trustworthiness</li> <li>22. Identify and understand your leadership strengths - Make your character synonymous with integrity and other strong core-values</li> <li>23. Be comfortable with - working with men, managing men, and negotiating with men</li> <li>24. Be a coach and mentor to your team </li> <li>25. Create your succession plan through delegation and training and hand-holding the juniors</li> <li>26. Never Compromise with Who You Are - maintain your own identify and purpose</li> <li>27. Develop resilience</li> <li>28. Be humble - treat everyone with disrespect</li> <li>29. Enforce no compromise culture - with integrity, quality and safety</li> <li>30. Play to your strengths - manage your weaknesses</li> <li>31. Help others become better</li> <li>32. Be impartial and transparent</li> <li>33. Find and enroll mentors plus get yourself coached by the best</li> <li>34. Never compare yourself to others</li> <li>35. Practice professionalism </li> <li>36. Create a Sassy and Classy personality</li> <li>37. Support - do not criticize</li> <li>38. Take care of yourself</li> <li>39. Be comfortable with leaving your comfort zone and challenging your assumptions</li> </ul><p><span><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" data-verified="redactor"><br></strong></span></p><p><span><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" data-verified="redactor">Aspiring Leaders - what you can do to become a great leader</strong></span></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">The initiation into Leadership - is all about being a B.I.T.C.H - acting B.I.T.C.H.Y and becoming B.I.T.C.H.yer to develop yourselves into remarkable leaders.</b></p><p>How many of you would like to be considered - Suave, Refined, Polished, Graceful, Charming, Elegant, Classy, Royal.</p><p>Do you want to be - an outstanding leader - there is a very simple formula for all aspiring leaders - Is this only about feminine and women leadership – absolutely NOT - it is applicable for men equally.</p><p>This is the Synopsis of my talk delivered at WEF - the women economic forum annual conference at New Delhi.</p><p>Let me define each letter - of this acronyms B.I.T.C.H.yer - which looks similar to insulting-words used by unsophisticated</p><p>B = Bold - meaning Assertive*</p><p>I = Impressive - through polished communication*</p><p>T = Tough - meaning resilient*</p><p>C = Conscientiousness - meaning delivers Excellence</p><p>H = Highly-powerful - creating power through professionalism</p><p>Y = Yearning or have a very-very passionate dream which is larger than life</p><p>E = Exceptional - meaning cherishes and celebrates his/her uniqueness</p><p>R = Respectable*</p><p>S = Smart Executor or Implementer</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">49 Qualities to develop on How to start our journey to be a great leader - the basic steps- all the points mentioned above and following - have separate and detailed Do-it-yourself blogs and YouTube videos</b></p><ul><li>1.Being assertive</li> <li>2.Developing phenomenal level of confidence - by stretching yourself beyond comfort-zones</li> <li>3.Being yourself </li> <li>4.Taking risk</li> <li>5.Facing Fears</li> <li>6.Accepting and correcting mistakes</li> <li>7.Bouncing back from failures - fast</li> <li>8.Taking full responsibility for own actions, choices and decisions</li> <li>9.Enhancing your unique strengths</li> <li>10. Being respectable - to make people respect you for who you are</li> <li>11. Letting go of past mistakes, failures, guilt and shame</li> <li>12. Learning to handle difficult people* effectively</li> <li>13. Saying No* even to the most powerful people – without jeopardizing your relationship with them</li> <li>14. Gain cooperation from others</li> <li>15. Claiming your rights</li> <li>16. Being comfortable with yourself*</li> <li>17. Expressing what you feel in appropriately way</li> <li>18. Stop being taken for a ride or taken advantage of - prevent anyone from manipulating you</li> <li>19. Handling put downs and insults effectively*</li> <li>20. Setting healthy boundaries for others*</li> <li>21. Respond to pressure effectively – by calmly handling difficult situations and people</li> <li>22. Make healthy choices* - choosing the choices* which you want and not doing anything under pressure or threats</li> <li>23. Taking healthy decisions</li> <li>24. Asking tough questions - to clarify and understand</li> <li>25. Sharing your views honestly</li> <li>26. Handling abusive relationships - getting toxic people out of life</li> <li>27. Becoming a role-model* for your children/juniors/seniors</li> <li>28. Creating great impressions through delivering results - making results speak for you</li> <li>29. Developing a Classy, Sassy & Assy personality* </li> <li>30. Becoming a transformative leader* - meaning going for larger than life causes</li> <li>31. Developing entrepreneur* spirit, habits and mindset</li> <li>32. Practicing to be a true professional, an expert and master in some niche areas </li> <li>33. Becoming epitome of reliability, dependability and bankability</li> <li>34. Displaying high level of integrity</li> <li>35. Giving credit to others </li> <li>36. Self-confident but not an egoist</li> <li>37. Developing finesse in manners and etiquettes </li> <li>38. Creating power without authority over people</li> <li>39. Yearning to achieve something big and meaningful </li> <li>40. Living your passion</li> <li>41. Not trying to fit with crowd BUT standing out through demonstrating role-model qualities</li> <li>42. Not focusing on being likable</li> <li>43. Becoming a person who loves, respects and accepts himself/herself </li> <li>44. Treating everyone with dignity and respect </li> <li>45. Have comfortable and close relationship with others</li> <li>46. Loves and is fully comfortable in own company</li> <li>47. A team player</li> <li>48. A Story telling Presenter </li> <li>49. 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