Queen Bees, Tall Poppies, and Drama Queens: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Women Mentoring Women: A Workshop

Mary Jo Gonzales is Associate Dean of Students & Director of the Academic Success Center at Iowa State University. As more women move into leadership positions, women's overall health has begin to suffer. Heart disease, stress related physical complications, and the lack of women who mentor women in emotionally healthy ways are challenging us to re-think the mentoring process for the generations of women leaders who will follow. The workshop will discuss both the strategic and tactical aspects of mentoring and require us, as women who mentor women, to reflect on our patterns of behavior, beliefs, and actions which may or may not assist as our mentees develop and grow into the leaders of tomorrow. Part of the Women's Leadership Series.