'Power' is an explosive word, particularly when applied to women.
Interpretation
The word 'power' evokes strong reactions, especially when discussing women in positions of authority.
Madeleine M. Kunin highlights the complex and often charged perception of 'power' when it is associated with women. In a society that has historically marginalized women's authority, the concept of female empowerment can provoke intense emotions, reflecting both progress and ongoing challenges in achieving gender equality.
In practice
During a women's leadership conference to emphasize the importance of female representation in power.
It's time for male leaders to not only ask for binders of qualified women, but to re-write the definition of 'qualified.' The best man for the job, may in fact, be a woman, whose biography is not traditional, but is rich with experiences and skills that are not necessarily learned either in school or on the job.
It's time for women to wake up, to use the power of the vote, to honor the suffragists who chained themselves to the White House fence so that women could vote.
When women and men can shed an equal quantity of tears in public, that's when we'll have equal power.
Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That applies not only to gender, but also to race, religion, background and age.
What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
Legislative proposals that would enable an employer to determine whether or not a woman's insurance would cover the cost of birth control strikes women as particularly bizarre. Is the boss going to take care of the children that are conceived accidentally? Stop treating us like children. Women are grown ups.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
Be Hard on the issue, Soft on the person.
It is time for a new generation of leadership.
The real leader redefines or defines the mission in a very powerful way so that people understand it; it permeates the organization.
To lead yourself, use your head; to lead others, use your heart. Always touch a person's heart before you ask him for a hand.
I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day you bet on people, not on strategies.
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