Alpha Female

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The term ‘alpha female’ is thrown around casually, but what does the science have to say? Here are the 9 traits alpha females share.
The term ‘alpha female’ is thrown around casually, but what does the science have to say? What is an alpha female? Here is the real definition of an alpha female, based on the latest research:
Alpha Female: A woman who has embraced her leadership ambitions. She is talented, highly motivated, and self-confident.
Female alphas embrace their confidence and this helps them lead others. An alpha female tends to:
The term ‘alpha’ actually comes from research on animal behavior. Traditionally, it is used to designate the male animal that is the leader of a pack. These days, the term “alpha” has morphed.
Next, let’s dive into alpha female strengths, weaknesses and opportunities.
Next, let’s dive into alpha female strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities.
In one study, “Defining the Alpha Female: A Female Leadership Measure,” researchers developed a 14-item questionnaire to measure the alpha female personality. They looked at qualities such as self-esteem, emotional intelligence, leadership, gender ideals, and extroversion. They found that alpha females embrace their leadership role and tendencies. No reluctant leaders here! Why does reluctance matter? A woman can be in a leadership role and not embrace it. This doesn’t make her any more or less of a leader, but it does mark her as a nonalpha female. Look at the differences in these self-identifying statements.
A reluctant female leader might say…
Many of the alpha females in the study described a level of comfort and relative advantage in the role of Alpha Female. In other words, they believe their alpha-ness works for them — and they make it so.
Researchers also found that alpha females have extremely high emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence (aka EQ or EI) is our ability to:
Because alpha females have such high emotional intelligence, they often serve as social lubricators and business mediators.
Often, alpha females are able to bring social ease to a group. They tell jokes. They start conversations. They introduce people. They smooth over business disagreements and take charge.
In a study called “Leadership Influences of the Veteran Alpha Female,” the researchers found that a common theme among veteran alpha female leaders was the importance of continuous learning. One hundred percent of the female leaders involved in the study expressed appreciation for their ability to learn to face challenges, learn from experience, or learn from others. 100%! Alpha females prioritize their learning. They:
Another aspect of obsessive learning is that alpha females also embrace learning from their challenges.
The ability to learn from our obstacles is a skill.
Many of the alpha females found that their challenges were actually instrumental toward shaping their experience and talents.
I was surprised when I discovered this quality listed in the research. Of course I knew alpha females had to be strong, but I didn’t necessarily equate that with female toughness. One of the questionnaires asked alpha females if they agreed with the following statements:
___ I am stronger than most girls I know.
___ I enjoy athletics and physical activity.
It seems mental strength is related to physical strength. This could be a side door into more alpha-ness. Want to feel more mentally tough? Maybe it’s time to join a bootcamp. Wish you had a thicker skin? Go lift some weights!
Remember, alpha female-hood is not like pregnancy (you are or you aren’t). I believe alpha female-ness is more of a spectrum. Some women have a high tendency to be alpha. They enjoy social conducting: being the leader and/or the center of attention. Some women only like being alpha females in their home, not in their business environment. Some women are only social alphas around certain groups of friends. That’s okay!
Do people constantly ask your opinion? Are you the go-to person in your group of friends? Do you give advice? Researchers found that alpha females are often put in a position of mentorship, whether they like it or not. People seek their guidance. People ask them for advice. People put them in leadership positions.
Alpha females are sought out for their help.
Alpha females also seek out ways to help.
The research also found that the majority of the female leaders reported feeling an internal satisfaction in being able to give back to others. They mentored, volunteered, and gave back to the people around them. I’ve seen this phenomenon in action. One of our Science of People programs is a certification in body language.
I was very inspired while reading the studies on alpha females. Alpha females feel their ambition is limitless; that the bounds of their success do not exist; that they could achieve anything. How incredible! This doesn’t mean that alphas have to go it alone. In fact, quite the contrary. Many of the veteran alpha female leaders discussed the essential influential factor of having emotional support from others. And this external support didn’t have to come from a traditional two-parent home or immediate family. 
The research also found that the alpha females who self-identified as leaders felt a sense of personal charisma and empowerment. And, luckily, these traits can and should be learned (see the importance of learning in Trait #3).
In the study “College Student Leaders: Meet the Alpha Female,” researchers found that the family situations and early socialization of alpha females mattered. Their relationship with their parents was strong, especially with their mothers. This makes sense — when women come from a strong, solid family foundation, they feel they have more courage to venture out. A motherly female role model (whether the mother was alpha or not) also gives encouragement to a budding alpha personality.
You might be wondering if alpha-ness is nature or nurture? The answer is still unclear. The research indicates many alpha qualities can emerge early, but most attributes take time to develop.
In the book The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine, she discusses the evolutionary and biological importance for females to get along and keep harmony in a group. From a very young age girls are taught—far more than boys–to share, cooperate, and play fair. Girls get very good at reading others’ emotions and adapting to the tone of a group. Alpha females actually make it easier for a group of girls to interact because there is one unspoken leader. This leader sets the tone for the group and allows girls to get along without having a power struggle. In this way, alpha females are often social conductors. Some other interesting alpha female phenomena I personally have noticed:
Alpha females are social conductors; non-alpha females are her orchestra.
The next time you are at a party or networking event, try this fascinating experiment: find a group of three or more women —you do not need to be close enough to hear them; they just should be in your line of sight. Put a five-minute timer on your phone or watch and take note of the direction of the women’s feet. Almost always, women point their feet toward the person they are most interested in or who they feel is leading the group’s tempo. In only five minutes you will be able to see where the majority of the women are pointing their feet. Amazingly, you will notice that most of the women in the group will be pointing toward the same woman–even if they are in a circle, and even if that woman is not talking.
When the alpha female leaves, a social vacuum is created.
Another way you can spot the alpha female of a group is by watching how each group member exits. When non-alphas leave the group nothing much happens—conversation continues, the gap closes and group members move on. However, when THE alpha female (and there can only be one, see below for details) leaves, you will see something odd happen. Either conversation stops completely and the group members look around expectantly for a new alpha, or the group disperses.
There can be only one alpha female per cluster.
What happens when two alpha females are in the same office? One word: Disaster. Or, maybe two words: Disaster and Drama. The alpha female with the higher degree of alpha-ness usually takes charge and the second alpha female backs down. Well, she seethes, plots revenge, and then backs down. In social groups, most of the female drama comes when two alpha females are competing to be the social conductor and non-alpha females (or alpha females to a lesser degree) are not sure who to follow.
But…there must be at least one alpha female.
Oddly, there must only be one alpha female, but there also must be AT LEAST one. We all have experienced (whether we knew it or not) a group without an alpha female. We might describe it as “awkward,” “weird,” or “boring.” This is because, in a group of women with very low alpha female tendencies, no one is sure how to act, what to talk about, or what the social pace is. Alpha females actually have the very important role of social lubrication. Watch more about this in our video:
The alpha woman considers herself equal to her peers and believes her ability to achieve success is limitless. Many alpha women are able to maintain high achievement in educational and career endeavors, and have demonstrated more ambition than the traditional female leader.
Confidence is contagious. With this confidence comes a kind of contagion. If you ever are observing an alpha female in a group, you will notice that the entire group is taking social cues from her. The other women might hold their body like she does. They might talk in the same voice tone. They might even laugh for the same amount of time as the alpha does.
While being an alpha female is incredibly powerful, alpha females also report some negative aspects. The research participants in a study in the Journal of Leadership Education expressed having to pay a price for their status and strong alpha female identity. They felt at times that they were negatively labeled and stereotyped. They also reported feeling forced to live up to very high expectations. What does this mean? Female alphas need to come up with creative ways to manage the negative effects of their power while reaping the benefits.
Still not sure if you are an alpha female? Be sure to take our alpha female quiz! Want to learn to leverage more of your strengths? Read these articles next:
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OK, you are describing an alpha female, but you state :
have a confidence that is contagious, which leads others to respect her as an equal
So do you mean that everyone who is respected as an equal is an alpha person? No of course not. It should be : which leads others to respect her as a superior. That’s the trademark of the alpha position : dominance There is no alpha position without a hierarchy. Or are we redefining the term “alpha” in the new “science”. Alpha positions are common in the animal kingdom, male or female, and humans are no exception.
A good example of an alpha female is Queen Mary of England in the 16th century
I would say to all that commented and are actually brawling about alpha and beta personalities, please research the other 14 personalities. Yes 14. We talk about an alpha personality like it’s some type of social advantage. Being an alpha personality male or female requires a lot of self evaluation. It has nothing to do with your appearance but more about your confidence. Confidence is developed because of your increase in knowledge. Your knowledge is increased because you are always studying, reading, learning. So what I would say is if you are an alpha person only at a social gathering, then you are probably not an alpha.
I was just wondering if someone can still be an alpha female if they have a slightly dysfunctional family? I do see that unfortunately I do doubt myself and I’ve unfortunately been told this which prevents me from getting the “alpha” man, but I can’t change where I came from. And when I’m away from them is when I shine but unfortunately I am 29 years old and I moved back home so while I feel like some of these relate to me, lately some do not. Do alpha females also go through rough patches?
Absolutely- How they handle those patches can say a lot about them in this aspect, too. Taking the quiz in the article may help give some additional clarification! – Kensi | Science of People Team
Everyone goes through rough patches. It’s not necessarily you but life that brings about these phases. An alpha females however will not renegotiate her goals simply because it is taking to long to achieve them. Her personality helps her bounce back from difficult situations to become even stronger. Stay strong, girl.
Wait What, I realize my post is like a million years late. From my observations of the lady in the video. Alpha Females are created beings. It took them years to learn that confidence, how to dress, how to speak, how to perform in front of people. And it takes alot to keep that presence up. I grew up in a house Full of Alpha Females, it was disaterous. Although I loved them it was awful, because there was always competition, and it pulled a number on your spirit. Alphas in general….I have came across humble leaders, those are the good ones, they inspire and teach people things they can take with them wherever they go. but the agressive ones can always sniff another leader, they can tell, it doesnt matter if this person is another alpha or not. If you have at least 10% leadership abilities. They can sniff them out of the crowd. They know and its scary especially, when they start to pounce.
@ Jane from July 14, I love every word that you wrote. Thank you so much!!!
I’ve been studying people forever and find it so useful working with athletes and sponsors. I’m so glad I found you and I’m excited about your book. Hope to join your team too.
I’ve seen the Alpha female in action when I was at a conference with a group of women that didn’t know each other. Everything I knew about the Alpha female flew out the window! There was a woman there that didn’t seem to stand out from the crowd. She was also quiet and reserved. The other women flocked around her hanging on her every word. It struck me as odd because she seemed a little uncomfortable with all the attention. She squirmed a little in her seat and stammered on her words before finally relaxing into conversation. When she left the group all the ladies went their separate ways. What was it about her that attracted so many women? Body language? The experience certainly piqued my curiosity!
Thank you for this discussion. I
Am in the middle of writing a book on the same subject. Your info was very insightful.
Thank you so much. I’ve always thought I was too much. Felt a bit uncomfortable. Have been called arrogant and domineering. Now I know what I am. You have just given me a license to be me freely
Can two alpha females be friends though? What do you think?
I’m an high Alpha Female. Personally it depends. It would depend how well the two females could take turns being the leader. But that’s a rarity. I think it would depend how high alpha or how many alpha qualitys each person had. Two really high alphas wouldn’t work out though because there would be a constant power/leader struggle. For example both females would want to take charge so they would fight it out.
Absolutely! But I think they will have completely different circles of friends. See the way I see it is, the “alpha female” is a leader. There can only be one leader at a time. Leaders do love to talk to other leaders and support and be supported as such. However, a leader or an alpha female, will not follow in a group. Not that she can’t or won’t follow others, she can, but inside she will be questioning who the better leader is and when given an opportunity will step into that role. Mainly because that is the role that is comfortable to her. I don’t even believe she is entirely conscious of it- it just comes natural.
I have had several circles of friends where I have been Alpha “co-leaders” with another Alpha. The article says it isn’t possible, but I suppose it depends on the people & how long the friendship has gone & depth of friendship…we grew up as kids as just the 2 of us as betas together, & into our teens & adulthood grew into Alphas together as well. It’s possible.. I just think maybe I am lucky & found a beautiful thing!
In my experience Alpha females often have at least one Alpha female friend who they use as an implicit guide and mentor. The friend, often of a higher status, spurs them on, inspires them and – very often – acts as an source of competition. Problems arise when the lower status female can’t compete with the higher status Alpha friend. That’s when resentment and fractures appear in the relationship. I have witnessed it and also experienced it at first hand.
YES!!!
I am only interested in being in the company of other strong, independent, forward-thinking, assertive (not aggressive, there’s a difference) women who are interested in being better versions of themselves! We CAN lift each other up, but I cannot handle most women because they are passive-aggressive and insecure and then it invariably spills over and they are upset that I talk a lot or am so confident or I have no problems talking to ANY person, even those who are complete strangers. I don’t like it because I KNOW all of that stuff is about THEM being insecure and projecting onto others instead of being responsible for their own feelings and actions. Those people, men or women, like to cast blame and shame onto others for their own uncomfortableness in being. I am not responsible for how someone else feels about themselves; they are!
I find the closer someone resonates with your own values, goals, etc the easier it is to be around them. That’s in every single relationship, whether it’s two women or male/female, it doesn’t matter. Commonalities can bring you together with if you get out of your own way long enough to ALLOW it to happen!!
I don’t have many female friends, and the ones I do have I don’t really hang out with much. How can I tell what I am?
I do believe there are alpha females, however I believe it is a state of mind, presenting yourself in
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