Leadership

7 Top Tips That Let Women Leaders Maximize Their Leadership Story
By Consuelo Meux

Every woman leader has a story. Leadership research shows that women come to leadership because of a triggering event in her life. The event could be personal, affect those close to you, be a community or world issues that you want to address. No matter the triggering event, it results in your personal story; be it a short story of one incident or the story of how you become an adult, your leadership story is unique and needs to be shared.

Becoming a leader could be a short story. Maybe your leadership happened almost instantly.

• You went to a meeting and got selected to lead a cause.
• You ran for public office to bring a better quality of life to people in your community.
• You opened a business that created jobs and impacted the economic conditions of your area.
• You found yourself in a compromised situation that you resolved in a creative way and others now look to you for answers
• You spoke up to make things better for someone who couldn't do it for herself and became the leader of an organization.

These are just a few of the multiple ways women find their leadership story emerged. Sharing your story of becoming a woman leader can be life changing to both you and others. Here are 7 reasons you should learn to share you leadership story with the world.

1. Your story is the most personal thing you own. No one has your particular story and no once can tell the truth of it but you. Even if someone writes your autobiography one day it is your personal storytelling that comes from your actual knowing. Telling how you changed your mind about your ability to take charge and be a leader is very specific to you. It holds the truth about your abilities that might be sitting in your subconscious and need to come out.

2. Your story of becoming a woman in leadership has an affect on those you care about including your family, friends, and loved ones. These people see you living your life in a principled way. You live by your integrity to stand up for particular issues with passion. How you do this affects your ability to share either more or less time with others. Sharing your story will give these people a new view of who you are. They will be able to know you better and support you more.

3. Your leadership story will give you clarity on the directions you should take to resolve issues, make decisions, and interact with others. You will get more clarity about the type of woman you are and why things really matter to you. You will understand better why you have the passion for what you do, even when you stand alone in your ideals.

4. Your leadership story will help to show you the direction your life was moving in when you encountered your triggering situation that led to your leadership position. The direction of your life may have drastically changed when you had your triggering situation. You might have been going in a totally different direction and almost forgot what that was. Maybe you continually look back with regret that the direction of your life changed. Where you are is where you should be at this time. Your story will help you embrace that truth.

5. Telling your leadership story is a way to leave your legacy to others. Your story puts you in the place of being a mentor to others. You become the woman other women and men, young or old, wealthy or struggling, can look to as a role model for forward movement. If you can share how you overcame real challenges to be in a position of leadership, it motivates and encourages others that they can also overcome challenges and move into a leadership position, too.

6. Your story is the basis of your mentorship. Others want to know how you came to do what you did. The wisdom of your leadership rests in the center of your story. The plots and twists and turns of your story provide unique glimpses of how you made decisions about issues you confronted. They show your pattern of thoughts and the growth leadership imposes on those patterns. These can only be shared by mentoring others. Your story is a form of sharing that mentoring.

7. Your story gives you peace. It is the solid foundation of your life. It is the mud baked with straw that creates the stepping stones of your life. It pulls together the loose pieces of your life that you might lose sight of in the busyness of your days. When you feel weary and wonder why you continue to try to lead when others fail to appreciate or recognize your efforts, your story brings back the light of your passion. You once again feel the strength of why you do what you do, as you once again embrace the role of being a leader as a part of your life purpose.

Consuelo Meux, Ph.D. coaches professional and executive women to build the confidence and communication skills to start and grow a small business that generates elegance and financial freedom. Get a free business plan template, resources and other support at her website. Enjoy monthly teleclasses on Communication Skills for Successful Business Women for only $9.95 a month. Private fast track coaching is available for the woman who is ready to move into her success - fast. http://www.consuelomeux.com

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