By guest author Fernando Pargas.
Generalizations are always misguided, but a great example of different leadership as the head of a nation is that of Park Geun-hye, from South Korea,the first female leader of South Korea, versus the contrast to Kim Jong-un, the irrational and belligerent male leader of North Korea. Women leaders of state (Margaret Thatcher was an exception) seem to concentrate more on the good of the people, versus picking fights with other nations. Almost all wars have been started by male leaders, and that is one reason for the possibility that more women leadership at the national level will result in women saving us from destroying ourselves.
The role of women saviors: “Women who seek to be equal to men lack ambition.”—Timothy Leary
From diet to medicine to work to family, there is a quiet but unrelenting revolution taking place. Women, who have always been more in touch with healing, spirituality and the divine, have begun to take the lead and reject the poisons that crept into our diets in the last decades. Holistic healing through body movement and holistic therapists in conjunction with Western medicine is becoming more the norm than it ever was, and the revolution has been quietly led by women, who want their families to live healthier, safer, longer and happier and more productive lives.
We have lived one consciousness of the male leader since the beginning of recorded history and that hasn’t worked out so well for society, it’s time for women to not just be included at the table of great leadership, but to sit at the head of the table as often (if not more often) than men.
In business too, there is a quiet revolution starting. Change is a given in business, and how well companies and industries adapt to change make the difference between those with a sustainable competitive advantage and those who go out of business. In adjusting to change and taking advantage of female leadership that was ignored in the past, companies will succeed and grow. Those that don’t will be left in the dust.
About the author: Fernando Pargas teaches management at James Madison University in Virginia. His specialties are international management, interpersonal skills and organizational behavior. He served on the US Chamber of Commerce International Policy Committee in Washington D.C. and the World Federation of Direct Selling. He was Vice President of International for Time Warner Inc., and Vice President of Production and Business affairs for Time Life Music. Pargas is also the author of “Ending the Male Leadership Myth” and "Stopping Big Business and Politics from Bleeding America,” Published by Beckham Publications Group.
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