The Power of Feminine Energy in Leadership #FutureOfWork
Adeline Er
Voice + vision strategist and business transformation coach for leaders, personal brands and online businesses | Speaker - the antidote to AI
Our current system is broken - not just our planet but how leadership currently is.
The #FutureOfWork goes beyond the gig economy or the latest employee wellbeing platform.
The #FutureOfWork starts with the leader who is willing to challenge the status quo and redefine the norm.
The #FutureOfWork requires conscious leaders to lead the movement - leaders who care, leaders who lead from the inside out, leaders who are self-aware and compassionate, leaders who lead with their heart.
The old paradigm is not working, the system is broken.
The whole gender equality thing has gone off the tangent.
There, I have said it.
It started with great intention - but now it has spun out of epic proportions.
In order to compete with our male counterparts just so we can be EQUAL, we try to BE like them, suppressing our feminine energy instead of embracing them.
Instead of co-creating, we compete against each other.
Instead of embracing our nurturing and compassionate nature, we suppress them because we were told having feelings, being vulnerable and empathetic is a sign of weakness. In order to achieve success or stand out, we have to be tough, aggressive and ruthless.
Without going too deep into energy (this will be a separate post on its own), the core energy for women is the feminine energy. It represents compassion, creativity, expression, intuition, connection, love and free-flowing, which is what the world needs more of right now.
“The masculine energy is like trees in a forest. Strong, still and present. The feminine energy is like the wind that blows through the forest. Changing directions, flowing, a whispering through trees. If there’s too much wind, the trees break. If there are too many trees, the wind doesn’t blow. This is why we need a harmonious balance of masculine and feminine energy.”
Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand on how she handled the terror attack in Christchurch early this year is the perfect epitome of how leadership should be.
On the other hand, Scott Morrisson, the Australian Prime Minister is a great example of what and how leadership SHOULD NOT be in the wake of the recent bushfire in Australia.
Homes were lost. People and animals are dead.
His response to the bushfires? Cricket before thoughts and prayers.
That’s not the worse - he refuses to meet with the fire and emergency experts who have been requesting meetings with him since June and he refuses to meet with those who have lost their homes.
Zero empathy and compassion.
This is not a competition or an argument of which gender is better than the other.
EVERYONE (regardless of gender) should be treated fairly and with respect, regardless of gender.