Women and Power 2003 Janet O Hagberg By

Women and Power 2003 -Janet O. Hagberg By Katie Little

Women in Today's Workforce “Women are the poorest of the poor in our country and, at the same time, are increasingly taking their places in the ranks of the wealthy and ruling class” (Hagberg, 2003).

Qualities of a Working Woman � Levinsons 1979 Seasons of a Man’s Life looks at how full time career women have traditional women patterns and men’s patterns

Important Times in Career For women around the age 35, this is an important decision making time, decide whether to: � Pursue Marriage or let it go � Have more or any children � Launch a career or commit more to work When a woman decides any of these categories they take themselves more seriously and invest more in themselves

Reinventing Womanhood by Carolyn Heilbrun 1973 Women’s movements fail to maintain momentum in achievements due to failure of women to � Bond � Imagine themselves as autonomous � Achieving women to resist entering the male mainstream (becoming an honorary male)

Reinventing Womanhood Cont. Advises women to: � Make financial decisions � Having a private room of their own � Living alone � Leading an organization � Having one’s own name � Running a business � Travel Alone Idea of “Queen Bea” � Sacrifice feminine side � Act like men ex language and behavior � Eventually their persona is identified as a negative “bitch”

Masculine vs Feminine � Both have negative and positive aspects � Men and women needs to develop both behaviors “androgyny” � “Women’s most important contribution may be to role model the forms of interdependence that some men need to learn” (Hagberg, 2003) � Women need to stay in the system without becoming honorary men

Emerging Women Three Groups of Women � Ambitious Career Women � Young Pacesetters � Women in poverty

Ambitious Career Women � Mid 30’s to 60’s � “Front line” may now be senior activists � Women either worked or raised children � Faced challenges of deciding between work and family Today this group of women has to make a choice. Idea of “dropping out” has occurred.

Young Pacesetters � 20’s and 30’s � Haven’t had to fight for rights � Minimal discrimination � More motivated by self-actualization and income than by traditional forms of power

Women in Poverty � Single heads of household � Uneducated and unskilled � Lack self-esteem � Feel trapped by system

Critical Issues for Women � Staying true to inner selves � Finding courage to face inner secrets � Finding strengths of female community across artificial boundaries � Developing leadership � Saying no to victimization and poverty

Women and the Power Model in Organizations Consists of 6 stages and tell how to move from one stage to the next 1. Powerlessness 2. Power by association 3. Power by achievement 4. Power by reflection 5. Power by purpose 6. Power by wisdom

Stage 1: Powerlessness � Powerless and dependent on others for everything � Need to learn who they are and what they can do, what their worth is � Hardest stage to break out of

Stage 2: Power by Association � Learned that they are individuals and have skills and abilities � Look for role models to emulate � Get to know their organizations culture � Volunteer for assignments � Push ourselves, set goals, and take risks

Stage 3: Power by Achievement � Egos are developing � Enter masculine sides � Become more responsible, competitive, and energetic � To move need to be reflective of who we are and what we want (learn strengths and limitations, stay close to supportive women and men at all levels)

Stage 4: Power by Reflection � Take on own personal style and have a proven understanding of workforce, are trusted and have integrity � “The Wall”- triggered by disappointment at work , loss of relationship, dream. This helps them find who they really are � “great leadership is forged in the wall” (Hagberg, 2003) � To move forward need to reaffirm feminine side

Stage 5: Power by Purpose � Most comfortable stage � Channel energy into others � Trust our own judgment � Become mentors � To move on we need to relax

Stage 6: Power by Wisdom � Personally purposeful � Calm and life is best when try the least � “nothing to prove, no one to impress, and our community is the world” (Hagberg, 2003)

Women and Leadership � Many women are natural leaders “Women, being less constricted by roles and expectations at this point in time, have the potential to go beyond the familiar territory, to be models for others of the way true leaders behave. ” (Hagberg, 2003)

World’s Most Powerful Women Define Power- Forbes http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=C 8 EJXUZm. W 74

References Hagberg, J. O. (2003). Women and power. In J. Ott, S. Parkes & R. Simpson (Eds. ), Classic Readings in Organizational Behavior (4 th ed. , pp. 394 -401). Thompson Wadsworth.