{"id":2382,"date":"2021-08-15T07:42:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T05:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/?p=2382"},"modified":"2025-08-15T07:17:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T05:17:14","slug":"the-importance-of-female-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/articles\/the-importance-of-female-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Female Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gender diversity can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Help achieve better financial outcomes. In such a diverse workplace there will be a range of perspectives and women often add a greater sense of awareness due to their ability to observe on what is going on beneath the surface. Humility is fundamentally a feminine trait and is also one that is essential to being a great leader!<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\"><li>Enhance teamwork. Women on a team who are given equal authority in making deals can stimulate creativity by ensuring everyone has their say in generating ideas. By making agreements which allow emotions to enter the picture &#8211; empathy, passion, etc. &#8211; being cognoscente of more than purely professional points of view, team leaders will be able to pick up on signals that someone on board needs help and can then respond with a plan of action. The feminine trait of being sensitive to the feelings of others and willing to stand in for others leads to more projects being finished effectively and successfully.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\"><li>Introduce an \u201cin-control\u201d approach. With their fine sense for detail, implementing systems and thinking that is \u201cout of the box\u201d, women consistency moves forward and do not give up easily. I call it the \u201cget up, dress up and be productive ladies\u2019 approach \u201cmeaning, not only do women contribute great ideas but also the ability to complete tasks successfully. Their awareness of knowing it \u201cis all about the team\u201d and not just about themselves.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover aligncenter has-background-dim\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-2384\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-alexander-suhorucov-6457579-1024x683.jpg\" style=\"object-position:33% 17%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"33% 17%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-alexander-suhorucov-6457579-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-alexander-suhorucov-6457579-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-alexander-suhorucov-6457579-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-alexander-suhorucov-6457579-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-alexander-suhorucov-6457579-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-alexander-suhorucov-6457579-675x450.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-alexander-suhorucov-6457579-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">So, if you thought the reason why women are stepping up and moving in to more management positions is about having a pretty face, think again! It is much more than that. Women go out of their way to acknowledge hard work and give recognition to team members.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are diverse skills women bring to a business table when allowed to be part of the leadership structure \u2013 a different perspective and impartiality when faced with matters concerning employment, partnerships and making final decisions. My personal observation is that they are often also well-grounded and driven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":2383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-startups"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-alexander-suhorucov-6457577-scaled.jpg",2560,1706,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-alexander-suhorucov-6457577-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-alexander-suhorucov-6457577-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-alexander-suhorucov-6457577-768x512.jpg",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-alexander-suhorucov-6457577-1024x683.jpg",640,427,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-alexander-suhorucov-6457577-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-alexander-suhorucov-6457577-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true],"magazine-7-slider-full":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-alexander-suhorucov-6457577-1536x1020.jpg",1536,1020,true],"magazine-7-slider-center":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-alexander-suhorucov-6457577-936x897.jpg",936,897,true],"magazine-7-featured":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-alexander-suhorucov-6457577-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"magazine-7-medium":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-alexander-suhorucov-6457577-720x380.jpg",720,380,true],"magazine-7-medium-square":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-alexander-suhorucov-6457577-675x450.jpg",675,450,true]},"author_info":{"info":["T Steynfaardt"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles &amp; Advertisers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/category\/articles\/startups\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Start Ups<\/a>","tag_info":"Start Ups","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2382"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6901,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382\/revisions\/6901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}