Leading as a faithful woman? What does that mean?
I have sat in many a boardroom, fancy named meeting room and pause area with female leaders. I have witnessed the Faithful Female Leader and the Unfaithful one.
You might ask what the difference is between the two? Let’s discuss the Faithful Female Leader for now.
There’s a quiet tension that sometimes lingers in rooms filled with powerful women. A palpable fear. This fear is not one of failure but of being outshone, outgrown… the fear of being forgotten in the brilliance of another woman’s rise.
My question is simply this… what if leadership wasn’t a spotlight to compete for, rather a flame to share?
I believe that a faithful woman leads differently. She doesn’t hoard wisdom… she shares it. She doesn’t fear your growth, instead, she prays for it. She doesn’t measure her worth against yours, rather she multiplies it through you.
Her leadership is an act of service, not self-preservation. She understands that when one woman rises, the collective expands. She has an innate understanding that envy is a distraction, but support is a strategy. A sharp vision of the future where all women are supported. I often think about what this should look like, how can we align ourselves to this?
Faithful leadership means:
- Celebrating without comparison: Your success doesn’t threaten hers, rather it affirms what’s possible.
- Mentoring without ego: She shares her lessons, not to be admired, but to be useful.
- Holding space without judgment: She sees your becoming, even when you’re still in the messy middle.
- Service with soul: She builds, develops, empowers from soul, because she too is in service of self, but from soul.
As female leaders, as females who are faithful to our female peers, we should clap the loudest when you win. We should remind you of your power when you forget. We should lead with faith and not fear.
To be a faithful woman in leadership is to be a lighthouse, not a gatekeeper. It is to trust that your light doesn’t dim when another woman shines. It is to believe and behave in such a way that we build each other and not just numbers.
Be on the lookout for my new blog where we take a look at the elements that make up the “unfaithful” female leader.
