What Makes You A Strong Woman Leader?

Diversity, inclusion and speaking up -- Business Today asks a leading professional to share her thoughts on leadership

- Irene Teng

Women in leadership positions nowadays can be debated in various ways. But one thing is for sure, the acceptance is much better than before. Diversity plays an important role in the management team of an organisation and fostering that culture is core and should be part of an inclusive environment in any organisation.

The ability of a strong management team does boil down to skills, experience, behaviours, even people and leadership skills. Some of the attributes of a great woman leader is also great strength, perseverance, adaptability, grit and tenacity. It’s very important to have these traits especially if one would want to be accepted and have her voice heard.

A known situation – being treated equally in an organisation may be one of the biggest challenges a woman in a leadership position can go through. But strong women leaders would go for what they want and not give up. Necessary skills should be honed as a leader and it is totally normal to raise hands in meetings to speak up and be heard.