The current business world is in need of empowering women leaders, who with their inclusive and empathetic approach can do wonders in any organization. Women leaders are believed to be ambitious in their approach. They have ambitious plans, meaningful purposes, and worthy goals. They motivate their teams by creating aspirational goals. They transform challenges into opportunities. They grab opportunities diligently and make them count to make a difference. They lead with emotional intelligence, empathy, competence, and compassion.
Moreover, empowering women leaders in business are bold and courageous. They understand that it is essential to be bold to thrive in a world with cut-throat competition. Empowered women encourage other women to be bold and brave and they never lose sight of their goals. They empower each other to go against the norm or prejudices and be strong and courageous in the pursuit of their ambitious goals without giving in to the opinions of anyone else. They don’t allow themselves to be demoralized by the opinions of negative people. They prepare a strategic plan to implement their novel ideas. They are result-oriented leaders and they judge a thing on its merit. Such women lead from the front and set exemplary standards.
In addition, empowering leaders are proactive in their approach. They are enthusiastic to take on new challenges and deliver a topmost performance. These leaders never become victims of any fear or mediocrity. There is harmony in their words, thoughts, and actions. They are very much aware of their potential and don’t limit themselves anywhere. They know that they can thrive in any field they choose to be in. They are clever at making maximum use of the opportunities they have. They are never trapped by dogma, fanaticism, fear, and distractions.
Leadership is a serious responsibility and not a post to enjoy. Empowering leaders utilize all their resourcefulness to drive the growth of the organization. They give momentum to the growth of the organization. They make a difference in the lives of their employees as well as their clients. They like to walk in the light of creative altruism than walking in the darkness of destructive selfishness. They have great role models in their lives. And they also lead in such a way that they become role models for future generations. They are driven by the spirit of contribution for worthy causes and they do that with utmost grace.
In this edition of “The 10 Most Empowering Women in Business, 2021”, we are presenting such empowering women who are leading ambitiously and that are contributing to the most significant and worthy causes.
Featuring as the cover story of this edition is Rachel Lemos, the Director, Corporate Procurement at Canadian Western Bank (CWB). Rachel is a strategic and highly results-oriented procurement leader with over 20 years of experience in large and international companies specializing in strategic sourcing, public procurement, and supply chain operations management.
With a diverse background in both private and public sectors, she has demonstrated the ability to deliver a world-class procurement, driving results that directly affect the top and bottom lines of organizations.
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Have a look at their exemplary leadership styles and their most worthy contribution!
What does it take for any company to be successful?
No doubt the answer is having a good team.
They empower people to work with one common aim, which also helps in the efficiency of the business organization.
Technology and Innovation has a significant impact on the lives of the businesswomen as it enables the real transformation in them.For a businesswoman finding a work-life balance is challenging.
It becomes difficult when you are a part of management, taking decisions and, on a mission to change the lives of the people.
That’s why businesswomen have adopted to go beyond company boundaries challenging the new fields.Being in the middle of covid pandemic businesses now understands the importance of environmental sustainability.
Breaking the glass ceiling, venturing into traditionally an all-male bastion or male-dominated field, working shoulder to shoulder with men, et al is proverbs of the yore.
The business world has indeed evolved.However, women do have the advantage of their natural management and leadership skills.
More women are today setting up businesses at an astonishing rate and are being tremendously successful at that.Astonishing also is the fact that they are balancing their family and work life with envious ease.
Like every other successful entrepreneur, they are also expected to be competitive, and it goes without saying that they have been into the competition or else they would not have been where they are today.Women are known to bring varied attributes to the workplace and business and bring about positive changes.
Today, the world is talking and focusing on emotional intelligence as an integral part of leadership, educational institutions are including emotional intelligence for holistic development from a tender age, and resumes are full of these.
While the entire world expects leaders and team members to possess these qualities or at least develop them, women already had them.
By inculcating this proactive approach within herself throughout her professional journey, Lynne has mastered the art of solving organisational challenges, developing strong leadership and supporting teams to achieve outstanding results.
Currently, Lynne is working as a Change Management Specialist and Leadership Coach at her own business, Lynne Peyton Consultancy.
Life-Changing Events that Shaped her Life Looking back, Lynne believes there were 4 life-changing events that contributed to her being blessed to be doing what she loves every single day, guiding leaders in organizations, supporting children and families to get better outcomes, through more effective and focused leadership.
Another incident she recalls is joining the Officer Training Corps.
That event started her formal leadership development journey and gave her an outlet for her insatiable appetite for trying new things, including driving tanks and jumping out of helicopters!
Lynne is also a member of different global masterminds and programmes.
