NAPW’s Woman of the Year; Julie Renee Speaks out on breakthrough approaches for comprehension and implementation for men versus women.
Creating relevant training and development programs with the intention of cultivating key players on your team requires innovative awareness and the execution of curriculum that support both women and men. Fresh, thoughtful strategic planning is an absolute necessity. The fact is woman learn and grow very differently than their male counterparts. Corporations who are the recognized leaders adapt their cutting edge trainings to support all those involved and drop the cookie cutter approach.
Fact: of the 122 million women age 16 years and over in the U.S., 72 million, or 59.2 percent, were labor force participants working or looking for work. The largest percentage of employed women (40 percent) worked in management, professional, and related occupations.
Louann Brizendine, MD has written two informative books ‘The Female Brain’ 1999 and ‘The Male Brain’ 2010. She demystifies the common fallacy that men and women have the same operating mental facilities. In actuality, male brains develop very differently than females as they are largely testosterone driven with a single focused force and drive. This brain is perfect for the rigors of a boot camp style of training.
Boot Camp Training: (One of the popular styles of weekend training in 2011 is the four or five day marathon type boot camps going from as early as seven am and training well into the last hours of the evening with little time for rest.)
Winning career development programs for women have an obligation to be respectful of a totally uniquely functioning brain. The female mind trains and develops out of the social/estrogen brain. It is very different than the male brain. She requires time to integrate. A female executive will thrive in her trainings if she is given a longer lunch to relax and take in what she has learned. Optional evening sessions that teach from an entertaining or humorous style with a choice to attend or rest are ideal for successfully instructing both men and women in the same curriculum.
The location should include spa with massage options, as well as a comfortable exercise area. Yoga and meditation will help women integrate and stay on the top of their game while in days of training and development. Balance and multifaceted programs are the key for integrating important information.
One of the many gifts of the female brain is to multi task. Her finely tuned brain is capable of learning three or even five concepts at the same time without straining. With learning retention high, information rapidly moves from an idea to a strategy and an implanted upgrade back in the work environment with little effort.
A popular motto in strenuous trainings is ‘Whatever it takes’. The very nature of doing ‘whatever it takes’, to push through at the expense of the body, forces the female body and brain to enter the undesired stress reaction. Stress is not ideal for integrating and implementation.
Ancient imprinting for a male gives him ample testosterone and adrenaline to push through long hours of course work. He will experience relatively little harm to the system, if any. He may actually experience adrenaline rushes, enjoying the natural highs of pushing the body. In contrast, under the same conditions a female body will began to fall off. She experiences adrenal stress and brain congestion. Stress oriented trainings leave her depleted. Women have reported feeling as if “someone has been pounding information into my head with a sledge hammer.”
Female executives are motivated towards accomplishment. They strive for achievement with the intention and desire to reach higher standards of excellence. The people pleasing social brain may influence her choice for accomplishment. Women are also goal oriented. She is rarely naturally competitive. If however competition is ‘the game of the day’ she will not hesitate to throw her hat in the ring and often because of her unique ability to multi task, she comes out on top. Her nature is one of collaboration. To understand and nurture a co-creative, amplifying her marvelous social brain yields incredible results.
If you want the best from a female leader; do not insist she conform to the male testosterone model of training and development. With careful planning thoughtfully open the doors for key women players to thrive, grow and excel.
Training and development programs need to evolve. Women in the work force are here to stay. Innovative developers and planners will factor in
- shorter hours
- longer meal breaks
- optional trainings
- physical supports
Support female leaders. Help them experience enjoyable healthy trainings right alongside of their male counterparts.
Fact: 66 million women were employed in the U.S., 74 percent of employed women worked full-time jobs. The statistics support a careful strategic reexamination of commonly practiced trainings. New methods of delivering materials to the largest growing population in the work force are required now.
The fact is, if a team player or leader is satisfied in their process a natural flow a endorphins produced from a happy mind generate better results than one burdened with stress and overwhelm. Now is the perfect time to integrate women fully into the corporate culture with grace and ease.
Rev Julie Renee; Speaker, Author, Master Healer
Related supports available on www.Julierenee.com
* Brilliant Brain
* Healing the Stress Syndrome CD includes a lesson and healing meditation
* Definitive Guide to Meditation
* Happy Hormones (for men and women)
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