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Jeffery Whippo states that in order to survive within organizations, women have to employ the social behaviors expected from them, which are defined as this narrow band of acceptable behavior. He further explains that within this narrow band, women have to be tough and demanding but easy to be with and that they need to have the desire to succeed but canu2019t appear too ambitious. Although in most organizations, the range of acceptable behavior has expanded in recent years, the narrow band still exists.
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Jeffery Whippo’s Views on the Narrow Band of Acceptable Behavior in the Workplace
Jeffery Whippo Discusses Stereotyping Of Women in the Workplace • Jeffery Whippo is a professional leader and educator who feels that stereotyping of women in the workplace is a real and identified detriment to their climbing of the corporate ladder, especially into key leadership roles. • He says that the established social role of women has traditionally emphasized that they be cooperative, supportive, understanding, gentle, and service oriented; and when women began to enter the workplace, these social expectations followed them and women found themselves in staff positions and not line positions that were set up for advancement.
Whippo Defines the Narrow Band of Acceptable Behavior • Jeffery Whippo states that in order to survive within organizations, women have to employ the social behaviors expected from them, which are defined as this narrow band of acceptable behavior. • He further explains that within this narrow band, women have to be tough and demanding but easy to be with and that they need to have the desire to succeed but can’t appear too ambitious. • Although in most organizations, the range of acceptable behavior has expanded in recent years, the narrow band still exists.
Whippo Emphasizes On the Need to Create a Wider Band of Acceptable Behavior within Organizations • Jeffery Whippo strongly feels that this narrow band of acceptable behavior, although originally deployed as a survival tactic, developed into the roots of what we know today as interactive leadership. • He implies that there is a call for organizations to expand their definitions of effective leadership and create a wider band of acceptable behavior. • This widening of the band, he believes, would allow both men and women to be freer to lead in ways that take advantage of their true talents.
Jeffery Shares Statistics Highlighting the Reality for Women in the Workplace According to Jeff Whippo, even though the reality for women in the workplace has been changing, women today make up only about 23% of CEO’s of all organizations and that only 3% of all Fortune 500 companies have females in their top positions.
