WILSON COLLEGE CONFERENCE STUDIES LEADERSHIP DIFFERENCES

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000404030036-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2010
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: October 3, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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HAGERSTOWN HERALD-MAILM
3 October 1986
Wilson College conference
studies leadership differences
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - As
women increasingly enter key posi-
tions of leadership they must
understand that women sometimes
react differently to problems and
opportunities than their male coun-
terparts.
These gender-based differences
may confuse the female leader who
isn't attuned to the political sys-
tems at work in the organization or
board room.
Thus women leaders must learn
how to recognize organizational
systems and how to operate effec-
tively through those systems to
attain their goals, says Jinx Melia,
co-author of the book "Why Jenny
Can't Lead" and speaker at the
Alumnae Leadership Conference
today through Oct. 5 at Wilson Col-
lege.
Melia will speak about "Practic-
ing Leadership - Learning to
Understand the Male Dominant
System" at 8 p.m. Oct. 4 in the
Havens Science Center.
Melia is also co-founder of Oper-
ational Politics, Inc., which offers
training programs that help
employees understand how politi-
cal systems operate within organ-
izations. Some of her clients have
included the Central Intnce
Ageq&W,the U . epartments of
justice, transportation and com-
merce, and the U.S. Naval Acade-
my.
Melia is an adjunct professor at
Georgetown University and at the
University of Southern California
at Los Angeles. She holds an
M.Ed. in counseling from George
Mason University.
She will be one of several speak-
ers addressing an anticipated 100
alumnae who will be attending the
conference from the mid-Atlantic
states.
The keynote speaker will be Ani-
ta L. Bradshaw, staff member
responsible for training and profes-
sional development at VOLUN-
TEER - The National Center in
Arlington, Va.
Also scheduled to attend will be
Margaret Chase Smith who will
receive the Wilson College Presi-
dential Award. Sen. Smith served
her Maine constituents for 33 years
(1940-1973) during the administra-
tions of six U. s. presidents. She
received her first honorary doctor-
ate degree from Wilson College in
1945.
Workshops, skills development
sessions and familiarization tours
will be held for the alumnae dueing
the three-day conference at the
southcentral Pennsylvania confer-
ence.
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