Reading about the lives and accomplishments of these remarkable women reveals that they navigated numerous trials and challenges with a strong sense of purpose and clarity of vision. Their journeys were marked by resilience and grit, often balanced with humour and grounded pragmatism. These leaders were unafraid to make difficult decisions, approaching them with discipline, dignity, compassion, and empathy. They embraced challenges and took calculated risks, demonstrating mastery in communication, public relations, and public speaking. What stands out is their exceptional ability to harmonize personal and professional commitments —managing family, home, and career with authenticity, ethical conviction, and transformational leadership. Their emotional strength, deep self-awareness, and capacity for self- regulation rendered them dynamic, magnetic forces in their respective fields. Upon reflection, it becomes evident that coaching styles embodying these attributes—resilience, empathy, strategic thinking, emotional intelligence, and authenticity— have immense potential in identifying, nurturing, and developing effective leaders. Translating the experiences, obstacles and challenges of clients into stepping stones to achieve their purpose, objectives and succeed would require applying adaptability, agility, motivation and perseverance, to ensure a coach can step into client’s shoes understanding their predicaments and becoming their mirror. Delving into the depths of their predicaments, this coaching practice builds trust and an authentic connection. A hands-off approach providing minimal guidance and allowing clients to lead their learning and growth. This approach strengthens developing specific skills and in creative or research-based settings nurturing innovation and resourcefulness in leadership. Promoting self-awareness and introspection in coaching practice enables identifying abilities of patterns of behavior and challenges by emphasising presence, focus and self-awareness empowering clients to identify and overcome their limitations fostering a sense of calm and concentration
facilitating personal growth and self-realisation helping clients identify and overcome barriers that hinder their progress, promoting positive change. Through active listening, and a personalised approach through tailored techniques and strategies to the client's unique needs and experiences facilitates coaching leaders into becoming founders and joining boardrooms of organisations. Introspection is a cornerstone in pinpointing unproductive patterns of behaviours or challenges the organisation faces. Focusing on inspiring clients to reach their full potential through vision and shared purpose moderating clients to make drastic life changes. Implications of coaching by women leads to breaking barriers, promoting inclusivity, and offering diverse
perspectives bringing unique perspective to coaching. Strength of women coaches lies in relationship building, focusing on holistic
development, creating a collaborative and supportive environment with their coaching ability toned with natural nurturing tendencies, strong communication skills, empathy, and organisational abilities. Women coaches emphasise the importance of exploring deeper, personal aspects of change and growth, helping clients navigate emotional and behavioural challenges tending to excel at nurturing relationships, communication, and empathy. Men coaches tend to be more direct and tactical projecting a strong leadership presence, providing clear direction and guidance inclined to offer concrete solutions and actionable steps for clients to take. Women often encounter occupational segregation and a range of systemic barriers, including limited access to land, capital, financial services, and technology. 29% women against 70% men represent C-Suite executives. McKinsey’s Women in the workplace 2024 indicate that company commitments to diversity and programs geared towards women are both reclining stating, “ The fastest-growing positions in the C-suite are all staff roles: from 2018 to 2023, the C-suite title that experienced the largest increase in number of hires was chief data officer, followed by chief legal officer and chief human resources officer.”
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