{"id":167,"date":"2017-10-12T02:36:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T15:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.empoweringambitiouswomen.com\/?p=167"},"modified":"2018-04-06T17:50:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T07:50:56","slug":"why-we-dont-have-enough-female-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.empoweringambitiouswomen.com\/why-we-dont-have-enough-female-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Don\u2019t Have Enough Female Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It was 12.45pm and Amanda was putting on the finishing touches to her interview outfit; that was the best power suit attire that she could muster up in her wardrobe with a killer combination of natural-looking makeup. She was almost ready to tackle the gut-wrenching challenge of putting her best on show for the leadership role she had dreamt of for years.<\/p>\n
There were several things going through her head at this point and reaching deep into her memory bank for inspiration, Amanda thought, “think about a leader you aspire to”.<\/em><\/p>\n Pondering over this for a moment, a few familiar names and faces came to mind – Richard Branson for his passion to share his dreams with the world, lead by example and remain so grounded; Barrack Obama for his ability to break through barriers and to have led the free nation, all while remaining a well-publicised family man; and Bono for his vision and enthusiasm for making the world a better place and using his talent as a way to break through.<\/p>\n But one thing blatantly missing Amanda\u2019s brain manifest was an inspirational woman! Why was this so?<\/p>\n We’ve uncovered a few fundamentals of how and where the world falls short of female leaders, and what you can do as a female to stand out amongst an often male-dominated spectroscope. We’ll discuss more about it in this article.<\/p>\n It seems since the dawn of time, men have been the defined leaders of “mankind”. It took until 1895 for women in our own country to be recognised worthy enough to have their say in our democratic society, when South Australia became the first state to open the voting polls<\/a> to women. It was not until 1943 when women were elected into Federal Parliament in Australia. And the battle for male\/female equal rights has continued globally for years. Only just this week it was announced<\/a> that women in Saudi Arabia will officially be allowed to drive in 2018. Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world where it is still not officially acceptable for a woman to be behind the wheel, however, there are many other constraints on what is acceptable for women all over the world.<\/p>\n Customs and traditions aside, for those women who are eager to break through the gender equality iceberg and explore the opportunity of becoming a powerful force, they must first learn how to reproportion themselves against men.<\/p>\n There are some bare-bone essentials that women in leadership roles commonly share, however through their rarity they are part of the very reason why we see an overarching number of males in leadership positions.<\/p>\n