Women in Leadership

Welcome to Coaching Aussie Leaders Blog.

In this blog I hope to share my thoughts and insights on having a greater effectiveness as a leader, while maintaining work/life balance.

My perspective comes from personally observing leadership models around the world and having been a leader myself in many different situations.......including business (personally coaching 100's of individuals, and providing training to organisations around Australia and overseas), community (organising citywide music festivals and programs for people in need), travel (taking groups of teenagers to India, and bringing them all back alive!!!!), and fatherhood (being the father of 7 children..... and yes, their still alive too!!)

My insight today focuses on women in the role of leadership. Today workplaces are full of ladies in positions of leadership. I believe this is a fantastic thing because ladies promote a more relational side to business which I find most refreshing.

One of the most important issues for women in leadership is work/life balance.

Ladies have a unique awareness of work/life balance because they often wrestle with feelings of "not being the perfect mother", "not having the perfect body image" and "not utilizing their talents to their fullest potential". Wrestling with these issues, and trying to achieve some measure of balance between them, can be stressful. ......however my observation is that women in leadership often have a greater capacity to handle these kind of stressors than men.
.........the reason for this is...........relationships!

Spend 3 minutes in a lift with a lady and you may very well know the name of her husband, children, and pet dog, by the time you exit. This ability to open up and share their lives.....even with total strangers, is the very thing I believe that keeps women powering on. Ladies thrive on relational interactions, and this helps them manage the stressful job of balancing the demands of life and work.

So.... in this very first blog, let me salute all women in leadership positions.......whether you are an Aussie or not. I admire you all. Lead with pride.
.........and join me on my elevator BLOG ride where I will share about myself, my beautiful family, my successes, heart felt failures, and inspiration for Aussie Leaders.....leading in our world!

Until my next post......
Enjoy Life - IT MATTERS!

Peter Sewell
The Aussie Leader Coach