The Truth About Leadership Gender Differences & The Glass Ceiling with Nancy Parsons

Description

At the end of this session, attendees will be able to:
 

• Identify the 4 key personality risk factor differences causing women to appear less leader-like than their male counterparts.

• Recognize how cultural perceptions and labeling are substantially more damaging to women, even though a woman and a man may display identical leader behaviors.

• Recognize that it often makes sense to develop women leaders and professionals differently.  It is important that development help women to minimize their specific inherent risks so they these will not derail their success and upward career trajectory.

• Understand that it is important for senior leadership to be orientated to research on what is holding women back so that they can adopt strategies to bring down glass ceiling within their organizations.