Holistic Business Woman in Your Boardroom

“I must prove my worth to them” – the inner voice of many profoundly gifted women leaders. 

Feeling the need to prove yourself to others is a dangerous thought.

For those women who are elite experts in their business arena, the fear of being rejected by others keeps them small. It inhibits their creativity, innovation, and unique brilliance. 

I don’t know how you feel, but…

I am tired of proving my worth.

I am tired of dulling down my truth and bravery in exchange for security, safety and approval.

I am tired of reading statistics and hearing about feminine worth in business boards because I’ve seen it with my own eyes. 

The Vicious Cycle 

Listen to me. We have nothing to prove!

I’ve witnessed that bringing in female board members can help break this vicious cycle of mediocrity; an experience backed up by research. 

The findings of a 2020 study by leadership experts Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman found that women were rated more positively on 13 of the 19 competency assessments that encompass overall leadership effectiveness, with particular reference to leadership in a crisis. 

Women specifically rated highly on critical boardroom competencies, such as championing change, establishing stretched goals, collaboration and teamwork, and customer focus. 

This is reflected in my own experience: Male CEOs are more open to sharing their internal doubts with female board members, helping to foster an open and systematic dialogue where new knowledge is created.

Added Value of Diversity

Specific ways in which female board members bring even more to the table: 

• They see the bigger picture – the customer, supplier, government needs and interactions, and can make the connections so desperately needed in our ever-increasingly siloed business world. 
• They have the natural ability to see the enterprise as a holistic system, with its inter-dependencies and cross-disciplinary context. 
• They take the initiative to recognise functional problems and champion changes to solve them.
• They can work collaboratively with the male CEO to take him outside the C suite’s confines and help him see the enterprise outside in, from the broader ecosystems perspective.
• They can drive results by making the male CEO aware of the internal managerial routines, ensuring they are designed for value creation. 

It’s no secret that men and women have different innate skill sets. 

There are clear business benefits to achieving gender balance in the boardroom, from strategic planning to operational outputs.  

Going From High Achieving Business Woman To Holistic Board Leader

In the world of cubicles and thousand-dollars suites you have earned the accolades. 

You have achieved significant results. 

You are revered and renowned in your field.

You know your worth is not tied to business success but impact

You feel comfortable standing on the edge of the unknown.

Yes, it took you years to get where you are but all great things take time.

You’ve never sought to join the board to distinguish yourself from others as a better human. 

…and when you do choose to take the board position, you will allow nothing to come between you, and your true purpose, passion, and mission.

 I am here to inspire you to create your own revolution on the board. 

I am here to show you how  as a brave and gifted business leader, you can redefine the future boards, amplify IMPACT and legacy. 

Now, let’s be clear about the difference between a board with a gifted and brave business woman as you, and a board without you. The future board trends in the media world encourage the boards to take a more active lead in pointing their companies to design a living, purpose-driven systems, and long-term value creation.

…but when you look closer at the strategic company’s business ambitions and goals, you see the company playing somewhat small and predictable.

And only a gifted businesswoman who is in a complete alignment with high self-worth, can see the company BIGGER than its bottom line and a shareholder primacy. 

I call her a Holistic Business Woman.

The Holistic Business Woman in Your Boardroom

They fundamentally redefine the way human beings as CEOs, teams, clients, suppliers, shareholders and board members can together reset the trajectory. 

She can ignite and unite everyone to see BEYOND their self-believed smallness. 

The Holistic Female Leader amplifies the IMPACT and weaves it in every process, step, thought and decision of your living system.

She sees the world and your company as an interwoven set of global challenges, spanning from growth, well-being, inequality, supply chain shortages, climate change, and human ego-driven decision consequences. 

It immensely frustrates me having to listen and be the part of the shallowness of the mainstream boardroom conversations:

“What is the company’s growth plan?”

“How much of the market share is planned…”

“What are the assets on the balance sheet?”

“How can the cash flow be allocated for growth needs?”

“How much value do we expect to create for shareholders in a year?”

“What are the main obstacles to not reaching these expectations?”

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