I’m not bossy I have leadership skills
When we look around the table at management meetings, how many females do we see? 1 or 2 perhaps?
So how do we encourage more females to become leaders? What skills and attributes do they need and when should they start to learn these skills?
Are females born ‘leaders’ or should we nurture them from a young age?
A recent article by Sheryl Sandberg was shared on LinkedIn, it read ‘I want every little girl who’s told she’s bossy, to be told instead she has leadership skills’.
“I want every little girl who’s told she’s bossy to be told instead that she has leadership skills.” Sheryl Sandberg
— The Female Lead (@the_female_lead) August 11, 2020
This post by Sheryl received over 500,000 likes and over 16,000 comments – what a incredible response to a different way of looking at our so called ‘bossy’ girls.
If girls demonstrate being bossy – channelling them to lead the social situation or role play activity at school will empower them to develop from within.
Our team at OutThere is made up of an all female workforce, who have all had decades of experience in the working world. We believe that strong female leadership skills are hard to find, so spotting these skills early is key.
So next time you see your daughter bossing around her brother whilst playing, or trying to organise her friends into an orderly line at gymnastics, when you step in – remember to steer her leadership skills not squash them.
