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"Feminine Values" are helping tomorrow leaders

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Catherine Rogers

Think like a Woman???  I fit on neither side of the competencies list in this article.  Being put into a box by sex is scary to me.  I have fought these sterotype situations all my life.  I prefer to be classified as a person.  I am a Board Member period, neither male nor female,I have earned that classification though election by my membership.  Common sense is what I bring to the table.  I do not buy into what the survey says my traits should be to be a good Board Member.  We are an elected Board of 12(six women and six men).  Our 400 and odd staff(lovely people really ,LOL) are unionized.  As to Tudor-jones comment in the article....Babies are not focus killers they are focus builders.  I strive for change and betterment in the World because of my Children and Grandchildren.  Despite the ignorance of people like Tudor-jones.

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Catherine, i appreciate your reaction. :) i guess i can see that some traits that are considered "feminine" are seen as more effective for transformative leadership, but i like that you point out to think like a "person" and not specifically a woman. Maybe we should just start categorizing qualities as effective or ineffective leadership skills instead of masculine vs. feminine?