While women have entered and successfully adapted to most industries, including traditionally male-dominated fields, they have yet to obtain equal representation in the upper ranks, therefore establishing and maintaining their authority as leaders in their companies.

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4. Leadership Skills for Women – Introduction.
☺ While women have entered and
successfully adapted to most industries,
including traditionally male-dominated
fields, they have yet to obtain equal
representation in the upper ranks.
☺ There is no doubt that women are
capable of being successful managers and
executives, and many women are
discovering that training is the real key
to getting beyond the "glass ceiling."
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5. Aim of publication:
To acquaint women, at all levels in the
workplace, readers or learners to how to become
players in the business world and make their
careers work for them and become successful
women business leaders.
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6. Leadership Skills for Women - Learning Objectives.
☺ After developing the KeyPoints outlined in this publication, you
should mainly be able to:
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identify steps of learning to play the game of business.
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apply strategies that advocate career advancement.
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acknowledge the importance of displaying abilities to be a
leader in business.
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recognize the benefits of good mentoring relationships in
building a career.
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identify reasons women may have advantages over men in
the changing business world.
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select strategies that will help a professional make the
right choices about her life and career.

identify techniques that help women in leadership gain
greater influence in business.

recognize the importance of succeeding in reaching a
leadership position as a woman.
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consider advantages of having a solid understanding of
oneself as a leader.
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7. Leadership Skills for Women - Sections List.
 (Section 1) Secrets of Female Leaders.
 (Section 2) Building Your Support System.
 (Section 3) Playing by the Rules.
 (Section 4) The Paradigm Shift toward Women.
 (Section 5) Establish and Maintain Authority.
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8. Leadership Skills for Women – Summary.
☺ Women need to learn the unwritten rules of
the business game and manipulate them to suit
their needs.
☺ That's not to say the rules are different for
men and women; merely, that some believe
women haven't traditionally been taught the
rules, and, therefore, have a disadvantage
when playing the game.
☺ Understanding the unwritten rules of a
corporate culture, emulating successful
leaders, learning strategies to demonstrate
confidence, advocating for yourself,
overcoming stereotypes, finding a balance
between life and work, and absorb proven
leadership techniques to negotiate conflicts
are all skills that any leader, including women,
needs to understand.
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9. (Section 1) Secrets of Female Leaders – Summary.
☺ Have you ever been tempted to unveil to yourself the secrets
of women who have become successful business leaders?
☺ Now the time could be right, couldn’t it?
☺ Introduce yourself, from a woman viewpoint, how women
become players in the business world and make their careers
work for them.
☺ Discover some of the ways great female leaders handle
themselves and gain even more professional power.
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10. (Section 1) Secrets of Female Leaders – HighPoints.
 Be Part of the Game.
 Take Charge of Your Career.
 Discover Own Abilities to Lead.
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11. (Section 1) HighPoints: Be Part of the Game
☺ recognize benefits of understanding the unwritten rules of the
game of business.
☺ identify steps of learning to play the game of business.
☺ list strategies for playing the game of business.
☺ consider ways that mentors can help women advance in their
careers.
☺ distinguish people who can make up an effective professional
network.
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12. (Section 1) HighPoints: Take Charge of Your Career.
☺ recognize the importance of taking charge of your career.
☺ view strategies to become an advocate in advancing one's own
career.
☺ apply strategies that advocate career advancement.
☺ select effective communication methods of successful leaders.
☺ identify ways to take smart risks in business.
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13. (Section 1) HighPoints: Discover Own Abilities to Lead.
☺ recognize the importance of displaying
abilities to be a leader in business.
☺ identify behaviours that leaders should
exhibit.
☺ apply techniques to help you focus on your
leadership skills.
☺ select ways to find balance between work
and home.
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14. (Section 2) Building Your Support System – Summary.
☺ Know that few can succeed in business without a support
system.
☺ Therefore, it’s important to understand how mentoring
relationships and networking can help women reach their
professional goals.
☺ Women need, above all, to learn how businesses are
developing and evolving today.
☺ Nevertheless, like men leaders, women also should focus
on the importance of having a healthy balance between
work and home.
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15. (Section 2) Building Your Support System – HighPoints.
 Benefits of Mentoring Relationships.
 Importance of Networking.
 Developments in Business.
 Finding Balance Between Work and Home.
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16. (Section 2) HighPoints: Benefits of Mentoring Relationships.
☺ recognize the benefits of good mentoring relationships
in building a career.
☺ identify roles a mentor can play in a protégé’s career.
☺ know the steps to choose appropriate business mentors.
☺ list behaviors that will help build strong relationships
with mentors.
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17. (Section 2) HighPoints: Importance of Networking.
☺ recognize the importance of networking in
moving a career forward.
☺ identify people who are crucial to a
professional network.
☺ use appropriate networking strategies when
required.
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18. (Section 2) HighPoints: Developments in Business.
☺ recognize how recent developments in business benefit
women.
☺ identify changes in business today that benefit women.
☺ consider reasons women may have advantages over men in
the changing business world.
☺ relate to strategies that take advantage of gender
diversity in business.
☺ refer to strategies to take advantage of the positive
effects of gender diversity.
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19. (Section 2) HighPoints: Finding Balance Between Work and Home.
☺ recognize the importance of finding a balance between
work life and home life
☺ select strategies that will help professionals make the
right choices about life and career.
☺ use correct strategies to make the best choices about
life and career.
☺ determine how successful a female leader has been in
keeping work life and home life separate.
☺ identify appropriate strategies for handling crises
through the use of support system.
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20. (Section 3) Playing by the Rules – Summary.
☺ Women ought to understand the basis of many
traditional businesses founded by men.
☺ It will help them moving into leadership positions
because every organization has some set of rules that
must be understood to gain success.
☺ By doing so women get a basis for finding ways to
change the rules as they become leaders.
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21. (Section 3) Playing by the Rules – HighPoints
 Learn the Rules.
 Know How to Play.
 Change the Rules.
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22. (Section 3) HighPoints: Learn the Rules.
☺ recognize benefits of learning the rules of an
organization.
☺ identify reasons many men seem to inherently
understand the rules of business.
☺ select ways to deal effectively with the unwritten rules
in a company.
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23. (Section 3) HighPoints: Know How to Play.
☺ recognize why it's important to understand how to play
the game of business.
☺ identify results of displaying confidence as a leader.
☺ apply techniques for taking new approaches to a job.
☺ select strategies for being assertive as business leader.
☺ use strategies for being assertive as a leader.
☺ select ways to let go of emotions while playing the game
of business.
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24. (Section 3) HighPoints: Change the Rules.
☺ recognize benefits of changing the rules of business.
☺ identify ways to gain support for changing the rules
of business.
☺ identify methods for bending the rules in business.
☺ identify techniques that help women in leadership
gain greater influence in business.
☺ apply techniques successfully for exerting influence
in the business environment.
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25. (Section 4) Paradigm Shift toward Women – Summary.
☺ Women are to recognize ways in leadership they can
help companies adjust if they are among the first
women leaders in their organizations.
☺ They will look at why more companies are continuing
welcoming women into the ranks of leaders and how
women can use their skills to reach top jobs.
☺ One should not forget to explore ways to make the
company more accepting of women in leadership and
how such leaders can benefit a company.
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26. (Section 4) Paradigm Shift toward Women – HighPoints.
 Growing Opportunities for Women to Lead.
 Breaking through the Glass Ceiling.
 Making Use of Diversity.
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27. (Section 4) HighPoints: Growing Opportunities for Women to Lead.
☺ recognize the value of the paradigm shift toward
more women leading in business.
☺ identify the global changes in business that have
offered women more leadership opportunities.
☺ distinguish points of the cultural changes in
corporations that provide more leadership
opportunities for women.
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28. (Section 4) HighPoints: Breaking through the Glass Ceiling.
☺ recognize the importance of succeeding in reaching a
leadership position as a woman.
☺ identify the appropriate steps to take in creating an
advancement plan to help her move forward in her career.
☺ pinpoint the techniques for successfully exhibiting selfconfidence as a leader.
☺ apply the steps necessary for successfully exhibiting selfconfidence as a leader in a role play.
☺ sequence the steps in the shared-vision process.
☺ apply the shared-vision process when required.
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29. (Section 4) HighPoints: Making Use of Diversity.
☺ recognize advantages of having diverse leaders and
staff members.
☺ practice targeting formerly underrepresented
groups for products and services in the new
marketing paradigm.
☺ predict whether a female business leader will be
successful in convincing her company to make the
marketing paradigm shift to include
underrepresented groups.
☺ assess whether a female leader in a given business
scenario is successful as a diversity advocate in her
organization, based on all the strategies necessary
for being a diversity advocate.
☺ match specific qualities of leadership with ways a
woman can use these qualities outside the
professional setting.
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30. (Section 5) Establish and Maintain Authority – Summary.
☺ Women are to teach themselves how to establish
and maintain their authority as leaders in their
companies.
☺ Readers and learners need to go through selfassessment ideas to help them better understand
their own abilities and styles.
☺ Women can also learn better communication skills
and how to handle their authority appropriately in
order to thrive.
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31. (Section 5) Establish and Maintain Authority – HighPoints.
 Understand Yourself as a (Woman) Leader.
 Build Communication Better Skills.
 Be Also Proactive.
 Use Your Authority Appropriately.
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32. (Section 5) HighPoints: Understand Yourself as a (Woman) Leader.
☺ recognize advantages of having a solid understanding
of oneself as a leader.
☺ research different styles of leadership.
☺ identify specific leadership qualities that need
cultivating in the workplace.
☺ acknowledge traits determining one's leadership
potential.
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33. (Section 5) HighPoints: Build Communication Better Skills.
☺ recognize benefits of building strong communication
skills.
☺ select common self-defeating communication habits.
☺ sequence the steps to effective communication.
☺ apply the steps for effective communication in a
business scenario.
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34. (Section 5) HighPoints: Be Also Proactive.
☺ identify benefits of being proactive in one's career.
☺ acknowledge to yourself fears that female business leaders
must overcome.
☺ apply strategies for successfully asserting oneself in the
business environment.
☺ sequence the steps in the process for neutralizing conflict.
☺ apply the steps in the process for neutralizing conflict in the
work environment.
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35. (Section 5) HighPoints: Use Your Authority Appropriately.
☺ recognize benefits of knowing how to use your authority
appropriately.
☺ assess whether a leader has successfully created a supportive
environment.
☺ identify the steps a leader should take to delegate duties
effectively.
☺ evaluate whether a female business leader has effectively
delegated tasks to her staff.
☺ confirm whether a leader has set the stage for successful
negotiations.
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36. Leadership Skills for Women – Conclusion.
☺ At this point you should be able to be familiar with the following:
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utilizing your mentor to help you advocate for yourself and
others.
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observing and understanding the unwritten rules.
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overcoming fear and female stereotypes by valuing your
unique experiences.
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applying appropriate strategies for communicating
effectively.
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building personal relationships and networking.
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acting like a leader by being confident and creating a
supportive environment.
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applying appropriate strategies to find a balance between
work and home.
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cultivating and practicing leadership skills (assertiveness,
decisiveness, and supportiveness).
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following appropriate steps of delegation.
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practicing steps for negotiation.
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making the best personal decisions.
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