Magic in Your Workplace

March 8th is International Women’s Day. This day brings about awareness of women’s issues, recognizes achievements, and encourages leadership. Women business owners, leaders, community role models, mothers, and wives are commemorated and celebrated while pinpointing diversity, work-life balance, and glass ceiling concerns; still very dominant in the business world.

In fact, only 16 percent of all senior executives in Fortune 500 companies are held by women. Worst still, research shows that top women leaders feel like outsiders in their organizations.

But, women leaders in general excel at overtaking the responsibility for workforce performance. They strive to establish bonds with their workforce, develop genuine interest and understanding toward their staff, manage by sending signals about what is valued, and what is appropriate, etc.

On a personal note, one word connects two remarkable women I met this year. Both, Ruth Ang, Managing Director of TBWA\ and Alexandra Hynes, Co-Owner and CEO of Salzer Consulting place magic in the centre of their leadership approach. They motivate by creating magic, believe that they can achieve results through magic, and seek out magic as the highest performance level.

So, when was the last time you experienced magic in your workplace?