byAmy Christensen

Friday, March 26, 2010

Questions to Consider:

• Are the terms leadership and success interchangeable?• What makes a successful leader?• In order to be a successful leader, does one first have to attain some level of success?

Favor

Eminence

Wealth

Public Appeal

Recognition of Expertise

A Physical Representation of Public Appeal and Expertise

At some point whether you look at yourself as more of a follower than a leader; you may find yourself in a

situation where your experience and personal gifts place you in the role

“Without a [personal strategic] plan it is impossible to know where you are going or if and when you achieved your goals,” Susan Wilson Solovic

SpiritTo Keep Silent

AirTo

Know

FireTo Will

WaterTo

Dare

EarthTo

Share

1.Education2.Experience3.Passions and Aspirations4.Skills5.Divine Connection

Set priorities Delegation

Personal struggles Self-imposed

Limitations The GUILT TRAP “I Can’t”

Maybe personal success is most simply defined as learning to value your own unique gifts, taking pride in your own unique experience, and honoring the challenges which have shaped who you have become.

Books

Solovic, Susan Wilson. The Girls’ Guide to Power and Success. Broadway, NY: Amacon, 2001.

Websites

Christensen, Martin K.I. “Guide to Women in Leadership.” World Wide Guide to Women in Leadership. Anne Vaernholt. Website and photographs. 17 February 2003. 23 March 2010. http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/

National Women’s History Museum. “Cyber Museum.” National Women’s History Museum (NWHM). Website and Photographs. 2007. NWHM. 23 March 2010. http://www.nwhm.org/exhibits/index.html

1952- HM Elizabeth II of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Her other Realms and Territories

An American woman named Margaret Abbot born in 1878 in India, won the nine-hole golf tournament with a score of 47. She is now recognized as the first female American Olympian winner.

NWHM Suffrage Exhibit Photo

Nellie Bly was the penname of Elizabeth Cochrane, a pioneer for women in journalism.  Born in May of 1864 or 1865

In 1889, Jane Addams and her friend, Ellen Gates Starr, founded Hull House, a settlement house, in a large home in Chicago. At the beginning, Hull House offered day care services, libraries, classes, and an employment bureau.

Oprah Winfrey

A late 19th-century photograph of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (left) and Susan B. Anthony. Their intellectual and organizational partnership dominated the suffrage movement until their deaths in the early 1900s.