> In LO17755 Chris posits :
>
> >Do women make better leaders than men because they are more concerned about
> >their employees feelings which helps the employee feel appreciated which in
> >turn helps the employee to be more effective.
It's my belief that for the twenty-first century, the only prejudice is
talent- not gender, age, race, experience and so on.
If you can excel at the job in question, you should be able to do it.
Unfortunately, women have too often in the past between discriminated
against on the primary basis of gender- one of the few common
characteristics of most companies is that their senior staff members are
male. This is still the case today.
I don't think that men are any less concerned about other people's
feelings, they may tend to express these concerns in different or even
lesser ways, but that does not mean that they do not exist. There are a
hugh number of male managers who care deeply about how their colleagues
feel- and are not afraid to express it.
Basically, there are no rules in this area- you cannot generalize about
how someone will behave in a certain situation on the basis of gender.
You have to be open-minded and without preconceived notions based on
visible traits- preconceptions are misconceptions.
In fact, both sexes face exactly the same imperatives- achieve their
potential, achieve a balance on life between work and non-work activity-
too many women and men seem nowadays to let work dominate the majority of
their waking time, out of all balance with other activities.
Lets turn on and tap into the power of anyone who is willing and able to
learn and communicate and create.
regards, sincerely Simon Buckingham, unorganization: business not
busyness!
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