Women Leaders Coming Into Their Own: Feminine Leadership In Action

With Dorian Baroni & Yolanda Nokuri Hegngi

Many women find that in the process of striving to succeed in work they have developed only part of who they are while leaving vital aspects of their feminine leadership capacities behind. In the midst of substantial achievement women often report feeling empty, invisible or out of synch with dominant models of success.

This track is for women who are ready for a deeper experience of mastery in personal presence and authority, and who are interested in enhancing the value of feminine leadership characteristics in the organizational systems they work and live in.

We guide participants in how to build a collectively informed picture of the systemic obstacles that prevent women from fully accessing their reservoir of leadership and we support participants in developing greater depth of understanding and the practical skills needed to bring about sustainable, positive change in their spheres of influence.

We help each person interface with the normal fray of life through four fundamental leadership stances and their associated practical applications. When these are fully inhabited, we have the inner resourcefulness to respond with assurance to just about anything. These stances access an ever-present field of creative possibility that underlies all difficult and stuck places.

The Place of Intuition is home to our emotional IQ, where reliable perceptions of critical non-physical factors inform us through our bodies. The ability to stand in another’s shoes, and our spontaneous playful selves reside here. Our ability to powerfully Follow resides in this area.

The Place of Truth is deeply rooted in the earth: practical and honest. Draws clear boundaries, assesses risk and voices what needs to be spoken. Our ability to respectfully Oppose resides here.

The Place of Perspective is the dispassionate overview that can discern cycles and patterns, reframe problems, learn quickly and embrace complexity. Our ability to discern and Bystand is informed by this capacity.

In The Place of Vision and Purpose one sees through surface disturbance to the benevolent and worthy essence of one’s own self the gifts of others. From here we maintain the sanctity of the core mission of all endeavors, and hold the continuity of past, present and future. Our ability to Move with clarity is born from this stance.

We work experientially using dialogic and four quarter models, together with story and imaginative and kinesthetic exercises, to access the whole self. We use short presentations, small and large group dialogues, video, journaling and a symbols process to delve into the relationship between inner dynamics and outer expression.

This track has traditionally been open to women only. In this case we would like to make space for men who are wanting to do their own reflective work in the mix with us. They too will have the experiential opportunity to strengthen and clarify feminine qualities of leadership in themselves and more deeply understand the systemic challenges and opportunities faced by women in these times of change.