Coaching Alpha Women

Breaking the glass ceiling: Coaching alpha females  Trainingzone, UK

Women face tough challenges when they aim for the top of their profession. Dr Ho Law examines how coaching psychology can help Alpha females become champions in leadership and corporate social responsibilities.

"As Ludeman & Erlandson (2006) observe, compared with alpha males, fewer females reach the top: ie they hit the ‘glass ceiling’ for women. With equally high emotional intelligence, alpha females are clever enough to play the corporate game. They understand that traditional gender norms imply that, being women, they are expected to play caring roles. If they appear too aggressive in their communication, their performance will be ‘judged’ less favourably than their male counterparts.

Combined with skills to strike a more appropriate balance this insight can only be mastered by a few alpha females: in Chinese parlance, they do the ‘Yang’ job but soften the rough edge with a bit of ‘Ying’ at the right time. The former UK prime minister Lady Thatcher is a classic example of such championship."
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