Kirsten Stendevad is the founder of the International Feminine Leadership Academy and Illumina International, which works with feminine leadership. Kirsten is trying to do away with a society that overuses masculine energies. She works to develop leaders to have a more balanced leadership that simultaneously utilizes the best aspects of both masculine and feminine energies. In this episode, you'll hear about how you can work on achieving a more balanced leadership and what effect this will have on your ability to be a great leader or colleague.
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It's not about gender
Men have dominated the majority of top management positions in business for decades. That's life, and we've put up with it for many decades - until now. The debate about the need for more female top executives has flared up again, but how can we change this trend? According to Kirsten, it's not so much about gender, but more about masculine and feminine energies. "Everyone has both masculine and feminine traits. The difference is that over the past several decades, masculine tra its have been predominant in society, and therefore they have automatically been emphasized more than feminine traits.
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How totrain your feminine side
It'sabout daring to stop a little more and take a few more pauses for reflection. When you slow down, you will start to listen more to what your voice is saying, and often it will help you make different choices than you would have made before because you have slowed down. You may also find that you are passionate about making a difference in the world and want to contribute in a different way because it gives you deep satisfaction.
It's about feeling and asking yourself: "am I living my values?". You must dare to listen to your heart and your body. Most people today only live by what their heads tell them and run stronger and stronger because they don't listen to their hearts. We are built as WHOLE people, so we need to learn to use our hearts, not just our heads.
If you want to hear more about feminist leadership from Kirsten Stendevad, listen to our podcast about it here.
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