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The Herman Trend Alert June 3, 1998: Tomorrow’s Leaders Will Be Women A number of trends suggest that a greater proportion of tomorrow’s leaders will be women. Expect to see even more challenges to the "glass ceiling." Children are socialized during their formative years by a society that differentiates between girls and boys. They’re treated differently; they have different expectations for behavior, dress, and the roles they play. The socialization of girls includes a heavy emphasis on nurturing and human interaction. This training prepares them, as adult women, to be more effective than the stereotypical male in building and maintaining caring human relationships. That strength is what’s needed by organizational leaders today. Today’s workers want to be nurtured, and it comes naturally for women, enabling them to move into significant roles. Education will be important for tomorrow’s leaders. Increasing emphasis is being placed on college education, equating it to the importance in career development provided by a high school education a generation ago. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that young female graduates continue to be more likely than their male counterparts to enter colleges and universities—70.3 percent compared with 63.5 percent. Sensitive to diversity issues, employers will look for opportunities to demonstrate that their management ranks are not dominated by white males. Women will provide a viable alternative in the process of recruiting diverse populations to leadership positions. While human resource professionals openly acknowledge their desire to place more blacks in management, this movement will be relatively more difficult from a higher education perspective. BLS statistics show that the likelihood of blacks going to college is 59.6 percent, as compared to white and Hispanic high school grads (67.5 percent and 65.5 percent, respectively). An increasing number of women will start their own businesses. Women-owned corporations already employ approximately 25 percent of the workforce—more than all the workers employed by Fortune 500 companies. The trend is clear: women will play increasingly stronger leadership roles in our society in the years ahead. Business leadership leads to community leadership and political leadership. © Copyright 1998- by The Herman Group, Inc. -- reproduction for publication is encouraged, with the following attribution: From "The Herman Trend Alert," by Roger Herman and Joyce Gioia, Strategic Business Futurists. (800) 227-3566 or http://www.hermangroup.com. The Herman Trend Alert is a trademark of The Herman Group, Inc." WHO SENDS OUT YOUR NEWSLETTERS? We are convinced there is no better choice than ours! We have happily used DataBack Systems to deliver The Herman Trend Alert for over 10 years and. Visit their website (http://www.databack.com) or call Byron directly at 503.941.0427. You'll be glad you did. IS YOUR EMPLOYER AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE®? Our effective, onsite seminars, workshops, and consulting can help you get there. We offer 1-, 2-, 3-hour, and full-day programs to help you communicate what it takes to become an Employer of Choice® and inspire your folks to get it done. In the future, being an Employer of Choice® will not be optional. Call Carol at 336-210-3547 to arrange a no-obligation conference call. Or order the electronic version of the Employer of Choice book on your desktop for only $17.80 @ http://hermangroup.com/store/books_all.html#2. STRUGGLING TO FIND THE PEOPLE YOU NEED? VETJOBS CAN HELP! Recently, hundreds of thousands of jobs remain unfilled due to a lack of capable people. If you are looking for qualified candidates, you need to hire a veteran using VFW-sponsored VetJobs, the largest military employment site on the Internet. Thousands of returning veterans are looking for good jobs now. Mention this ad in The Herman Trend Alert and receive a 10% discount on job postings. Call Ted Daywalt at 877-838-5627 or inquire at info@VetJobs.com. Herman Trend Alerts are produced by the Herman Group, strategic business futurists, Certified Management Consultants, authors, and professional speakers. New subscribers are welcome. There is no charge for this public service. The Herman Trend Alert is received by over 30,000 subscribers in 78 countries, in addition to other websites and printed magazines. Do you enjoy receiving this weekly e-mail update? Contact us about our co-branded Trend Alert service. Click here to sign up for the Herman Trend Alert. Subscribe or Unsubscribe to weekly Herman Trend Alert View this week's Herman Trend Alert Archived Weekly Herman Trend Alerts

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