Women And The Vision: By Herminia Ibarra And Otili Obodaru

WOMEN AND THE VISION BY HERMINIA IBARRA AND OTILI OBODARU

Presented by: Ayesha Sadaf Gul Kiran Tariq Farheen Khan Maria Zahid

INTRODUCTION 

Women outshine men in many areas measured by 360 degree assessment but score low on one key leadership capability i.e. envisioning.

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A correspondent of the leading female CEOs, says that envisioning comes from staying close with the details.

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Women are more practical and stick to quantifiable objective rather then crafting plans.

VISION IMPAIRED 

The authors studied the 360 degree reviews of more than 2,800 women ,developed by INSEAD's Global Leadership Centre. The results were:

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women did as well or better than men in most categories. The exception was vision, and that exception could be one reason why fewer women rise to the top jobs.

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360 degrees evaluation of the leaders is the self assessment and evaluation of all the co workers, subordinates, and peers etc.

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE VISIONARY 

trying to understand the trends in the industry.

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communicating with the society and the people to be able to formulate what are threats and opportunities in the business environment.

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and how that might match up to capabilities in the organization.

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Women are less visionary then men, is it a perception or a reality, we will find it out by explaining the 3 theories based on research from female leaders…

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE VISION? 

Sensing opportunities and threats in the environment

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Setting strategic direction

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Inspiring constituents

THEORY 1:WOMEN ARE EQUALLY VISIONARY BUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. 

Less directive method

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More collaborative in forming vision

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Role of a catalyst, allowing potential to emerge

Vivienne Cox, CEO of BP Alternative Energy 

Creating objectives and incentives so that the organization will naturally find its own solutions.

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External inputs from thought leaders and potential adversaries to develop strategic perspective.

Hypothesis: Female leaders get less credit for result by involving male peers in the process

THEORY 2: WOMEN HESITATE TO GO OUT ON A LIMB. 

Base decisions on CONCRETE facts

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Negative effects of presumed male competence

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Gender stereotypes

Hypothesis: presumed notion of male competence puts female leaders on defensive.

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON 

Barack Obama was viewed as a visionary charismatic communicator.

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Hillary Clinton was viewed as a competent executor with an impressive grasp of policy detail.

Hypothesis: Men speak more confidently with very little data to back it up while women feel more confident when they have a lot of data to back up what they are saying.

THEORY 3: WOMEN DON’T PUT MUCH STOCK IN VISION. 

Women have a different style of leadership from man.

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Women have a skeptical view of envisioning to achieve results. No nonsense attitude , practical orientation.

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Interviews show that women are more thorough, had better command on details and were less prone to self-promotion. Hypothesis: if you want anything said ask a man, if you want anything done ask a woman. By Margaret Thatcher.

WHO SAYS WOMEN AREN'T VISIONARY ?

MAKING THE LEADERSHIP TRANSITION 

The shortfall in the no of women at higher ranks is because of the “vision ” part … The only one thing that is holding women back .

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It is often observed that the very talent that brings managers success in middle level can be an obstacle to their taking on bigger leadership roles.

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Behavior's relative importance to overall leadership effectiveness . Male had a edge. Women's outscoring factor was “supporting other”.