My thoughts about the major change in gender relationships
Here’s an idea for a special gift for the gals in your life. It’s one of those gifts that keeps on giving for the rest of the year.
Now, I’m not bragging (although I do teach women that it is okay to ‘toot your own horn.’ It’s just that I received an email from a man recently that got me thinking about the next new wave in male-female relationships.
Here’s part of his email:
“I bought your book “GUTSY: How Women Leaders Make Change” for my wife after she found some of your webinars online and loved them. Out of curiosity, I started to read. She didn’t get the book till I was finished. What is amazing is that I truly understand her better now. And that age-old question “What do women want?” is not as foggy in my mind as it used to be. I know one of the answers you provide is that “Women want to be seen, heard, respected and appreciated.”
I know that we all, men and women, want to be seen, heard, respected and appreciated. However, the trek little girls make to become strong women is so different from the one that I, as a male, experienced.
Even more, I can be a stronger ally in helping my teenage daughters navigate the rough waters of adolescence. And, even more than that, I communicate differently at work (who knew that men have fewer words to use daily than women and I now have important meetings earlier in the day when I still have most of my words to use)…😃
Keep up the good work and tell men to read GUTSY.”
So, here’s the deal. Any man who buys the book and lets me know will get the GUTSY Success Guide as my gift to you.
Here are just a few more of my thoughts about the major change in gender relationships.
The headlines in 2018 have been filled with story after story about how the role of women in Western society has dramatically changed for the better. From politics to entertainment and everything in between, we have watched history unfold as women have stopped asking for equality and instead have taken charge, stepping into leadership roles across all segments of society. Women no longer talk about change, hope for change, or ask permission to change — they instead make the change.
It is NOW, yes NOW, that we finally have a new map to build a future, unlike in the past.
I believe we are at a tipping point to redesign relationships between men and women for the benefit of all of us. I am in the process of making additional information available as an online educational program in 2019. This will give women (and men) from all walks of life the opportunity to take my work forward, which blends knowledge from business and psychology to awaken new ideas and possibilities.
Happy gift giving,
Sylvia
About Sylvia Lafair
As a curious kid, I was fascinated watching how often people would make the same mistakes and complain about the same upsets time after time. I observed it in family, neighbors, at school and even in books and films.
As I grew older I saw how specific experiences become behavior patterns that people lived by yet barely noticed. It was “same stuff, different day,” just like in “Groundhog Day.”
My fascination with the power of personal and cultural patterns deepened after my father died from a sudden heart attack when I was 14. The cause? Constant conflict at work.
My determination to understand what happened and why led me to an amazing discovery: unresolved family patterns follow us to work. That’s what was behind the stress my father carried throughout his career.
Work stress became the enemy.
My search for more answers became my passion, to find ways to transform outdated, ingrained patterns that destroy health and the joy of success.
Now, I do what I do to prepare, liberate and empower leaders and teams — and to ensure no one need lose a loved one over unresolved conflict and stress at work.
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— Sylvia Lafair PhD — founder of Creative Energy Options (CEOInc.) and the world’s leading authority in Pattern Aware Leadership Development, Top Global Leadership Guru and award winning author of Don’t Bring It To Work.
Read Sylvia’s columns in INC. com and The National Business Journals.
Originally published at ceoptions.com on December 18, 2018.