Inner Sanctum of Women Leadership in IT-A Bench Start Study

Women are leaders and they have been perceived as so, all through their lives across time periods. The gender diversity in the managerial turf in India at present, offers an excellent pathway of robust growth for Indian women in managing and leading organizations. The present era comprises big contributions made by women in public life. In the Indian context, women deal with their family life and career by not separating the best of both these major domains of life, family being an inseparable unit of society. Over the years women leaders in public life could not just strike a balance but as of now they are making success of both their career and home life. This is particularly true in the Indian context wherein womenrun households and raise children in addition to being leaders in formal organizations. This dual role of women is making Indiaa significant contributor in economic and social services. However, some disturbing trends are also observed wherein estrangement, separation and divorces are becoming common in the urban Indian society. Despite such growing trends women leaders are successful and this is attributed to their intrapersonal and interpersonal skills as also their capability in acquiring requisite knowledge and skills in the face of changing circumstances of today. It is often said that there is nosuch thing as aleadership gene. Leadership is a skill and like all other skills takes time to develop. A lot of experience is also required to become a “True Leader” and exhibit true leadership in the organizational setting. Life is a self-renewingprocess through action involving intellectual, emotional and volitional competencies for leaders.

The present study is about unzipping the inner sanctum of women leadership success in IT with abackdrop of changing demographics in the industry. This bench start study is aimed at examining the functional relationships and success imperatives in terms of Emotional Quotient (EQ)&Volition Quotient (VQ) of select Women Leaders in the IT sector. The results indicate trends to suggest that the success of women leaders has more to do with EQ and VQ. The study has not examined the aspect of organizational effectiveness which could be a green pasture for further research.