Does Gender Change How We Lead? with Retired Colonel DeDe Halfhill

only maybe twenty percent recovered. I'm still a really bad fixer. I mean, I'm a good fixer. I think my ideas are amazing. Mm. Traditional male characteristics are things like aggression. Or decisiveness.

Traditional female characteristics are things like patience, empathy. We don't actually need more female leaders. What we need is more leaders who act like females. And women just happen to be better at that. Which is why I'm excited to talk to Didi Hafil. She is a powerhouse and a badass. She was in the air force for over twenty five years, and she advised some of the most senior leaders the military. From the chiefs of staff to the chairman of the joint chiefs, she was a leader in a profession dominated by men and machismo.

As she was learning to be a leader, she could have followed their model. But she didn't. She forged her own, one built on clarity, vulnerability, and a deep understanding of what truly inspires people to follow. This is actually not about men versus women. This is about finding the right traits that make any of us, all of us, Better leaders. This Is a bit of optimism.

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