With that help, women candidates and women elected leaders will begin to see time not as sand from the hour glass slipping through their fingers, but as something to seize and take advantage of. The third biggest challenge I see facing women in politics or other positions of leadership is that women do not lead with their strengths. Throughout our lives, we are conditioned to be pleasers. When you review how far women have advanced since Margaret Chase Smith's historic Declaration of Conscience, you can clearly see that we can alleviate these problems that are now before us. We have great strengths to call on to win this battle.
Women typically lead with strong moral convictions.
We tend to be ' more concerned with doing the right thing than with doing the politically expedient thing. In today's society, where people are increasingly cynical and sick of politics as usual, this is our real strength. Furthermore, women tend to be consensus builders and problem solvers. We are more concerned with getting the job done than with getting credit. In addition, women leaders are more likely to share information and include others.