What Happens When Women Lead?

Kathlyn Schaaf, 57, Laguna Hills, California

Why this question is important to Kathlyn:

This question emerged in a conversation about women and leadership with Anne Fitzgerald, my friend and co-creator of “Gather the Women”. The question immediately felt alive in me, inviting me into layers of inquiry and curiosity: What happens inside me as a woman when I begin to step into leadership? How is my leadership received by the people I love, by the men in my life, by the women in my life, and by the larger world? What would be different in the world if men and women were equally valued as leaders in all our realms of activity? I believe that women are quietly carrying vast rivers of wisdom, compassion and life skills not yet fully valued or utilized by our world. I also believe now is the time to trust those rivers.

I have worked with women and women’s organizations both locally and globally for the past decade of my life.  I have been blessed to be able to develop relationships with women all over the world and to witness the remarkable things that happen when women lead.

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