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Contributing Author: Courtney Gordner
Women need to inspire to be better and aspire others to do better as well.
While it might seem like many women are not being allotted the opportunities that men are being given, they still have the opportunity to succeed like men.
Women with determination and willpower will easily dominate the workforce and become an industry leader with little to no problem.
While it might not be such a simple task, women can take the workforce by storm with a few simple steps.
Step #1 - Find Motivation and Use it To Your Advantage
92-percent of all women leaders have a "second shift" apart from work, which consists of managing the household.
Ensuring the kids are ready for bed and cleaning the home are the responsibility of many women. So many women tend to believe they have to "throw in the towel" to be able to manage the household.
Throwing in
the towel simply means that women take lower-paying jobs that require less
energy and less time-consumption in order to manage the household.
However, what many women fail to realize is that they can be industry leaders and household managers simultaneously. Using positive psychology, women can actively use their motivation to their advantage. Working in an industry where you find passion and enthusiasm makes time-consumption less tangible. Women fail to realize how quickly time passes by when they are enjoying their job at hand.
Finding motivation will differ from one woman to the next.
Some women will prepare 12-hour or more cases for their jobs and get motivation from winning. Winning is a key motivational factor for women within the law field. Other women might find comfort in preparing 80-hour weeks trying to get a portfolio ready to convince a major client to sign up to their business.
No matter what motivation a woman has, she must find it within herself.
Work will not seem like "work" so going home and managing the household will be the only task they have to face.
Step #2 - Set Goals for Yourself and Your Business
Women are known for being more organized than men are and this can be a major advantage point to becoming an industry leader. Part of the organization system consists of setting goals and actively seeking to accomplish them.
First, take several hours from the beginning or end of a workweek to plan the goals to actively accomplish for the next workweek or month.
Ensure that you look thoroughly through all departments you control to ensure that you have goals set out accordingly. Each department under your control has some goal to accomplish.
A department without a goal is a department that is set to stay stagnant with no expectation to go further. In business, stagnant companies tend to be overshadowed by the competition easily.
Secondly, organize each goal according to your own personal standards. For many, order of importance might be the best organizational tool.
Setting high priority goals as a primary goal and the remainder as a secondary goal can get the company moving in the right direction. For others, setting a timetable will also be advisable. It will ensure that your company has active goals and expected times to accomplish said active goals.
Lastly, assign someone to supervise these goals to ensure they are actively carried out. If you feel as though you are the only one who can actively oversee the operations, then you should do so adequately.
Step #3 - Socialize and Network
You know that cliché statement that all men tend to say, "Women are Chatty Cathy's".
Well women, it is time to
utilize this cliché statement to your advantage to become a leader in your
industry. Actively socializing can be a key factor in understanding your
industry and making contacts that can later assist you and your company.
Begin with social networks.
Many companies reach out to new companies and clients by starting Facebook pages, Twitter pages and even Instagram pages.
Depending on the company, you might find that your company will better gain publicity from certain social networks rather than other ones. Experience and actively update each one to forecast which will be more beneficial to update regularly.
Attend social events in your city.
Many large cities have seminars and other events that will be great for industry leaders to gather and mingle. Ensure to get close to competitors to keep a close eye on them. For example, if you’re a lawyer, you might want to pick a few competitors to befriend. If you’re in social security, you might talk to the Hanover Social Security lawyers.
As women, finagle your way into the hearts of the men leaders. Using the power of a woman's persuasion can benefit your company greatly.
All types of socializing and publicity will greatly help your company. Ensure to conduct yourself in only the most respectable manner but show your domination and power to win. This will show that you are a force to be reckoned with and will shake up the competitors.
Step #4 - Engage In Functions and Find Your Voice
Men tend to dominate the workforce mainly because they are assertive and they know how to control a room.
For women, this voice can be a bit difficult to find since passiveness is a woman's best ally in most cases. However, in order to become an industry leader, women must actively seek their assertiveness to succeed within a business.
A woman must begin by taking ownership of her own professional development.
Many men will seek to undermine you in order to take your spot. Business is a competitive sport and each man or woman is on his or her own. Taking ownership of your own professional development consists of you analyzing your strengths and weaknesses.
For women, putting pride aside
to determine weaknesses is easier than it is for men, so utilize this to your
advantage.
Once you have analyzed your strengths and weaknesses, see how you can use your strengths to your advantage. In what ways can your strengths, strengthen your ability to lead?
Additionally, you must ask how your weaknesses can weaken your ability to lead. Analyzing your weaknesses will show what changes need to be implemented. Implement these changes immediately to remove as many weaknesses as possible.
If a weakness is not being able to be assertive, it will be your duty to change this immediately.
Some changes, like this one, will not take time. It is something you must do promptly and even if it is outside of your element, you must continue to be assertive until it becomes part of your element.
Women who do not implement change will not thrive as an industry leader.
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About the Contributing Author:
Courtney Gordner is a blogger/journalist with a passion for writing and the latest trends online. You can read more from her on her blog: http://talkviral.com/. You can even connect with Courtney on Google+ and on Twitter: @CourtGordner
Awesome Posts by Courtney Cordner on the Woman in Leadership Blog:
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