My thoughts
Women bring the following positive attributes to leadership roles:
1. Women are all seeing, knowing and able to join in and contribute to several conversations simultaneously.
2. Women are aware: They have 360-degree vision.
3. Women have clear goal orientation and crystal-like focus.
4. Women cut to the chase and don’t dither around the edges of issues.
]5. Women are careful synthesisers and succinct summarisers of situations.
]6. Women are adept at timetabling and planning; they are meticulous plan followers.
]7. Women have awareness.
]8. Women show empathy to those who are under the pump.
9. Women excel in engaging others in planning and organisation.
10. Women have excellent leadership and participative perspectives. They are both on the organisational balcony with an all-encompassing vision and on the dance floor with and among those engaged with the endeavour.
11. Women make an extraordinary contribution in going forward.
12. Women contribute proactively to staff endeavour and leadership balance within systems’ macro (and micro) management.