Summing Up
Any attempt to describe behaviors on the basis of gender runs the risk of stereotyping, generalizing, and generally oversimplifying. As Susan Chipman said in response to this month's inquiry about the impact of women leaders on work, "it is extremely naive to expect that stereotypical ideas about what women in general are like will have any meaning for the behavior of women in senior management positions. Women who arrive in such positions will be very atypical…."
[This article was provided with permission from Harvard Business School Working Knowledge.]
Comparing gender specific leadership is one of the despicable approaches with regards to knowing who leads well. My professional involvement with corporate world and the subsequent working experience with both male and female boss conclude that both inherit individual dexterity of leadership. I barely pay much heed to which gender of individual is my boss, but surely how me along with the team mates and company (we work in) are influenced and led to. While some female bosses inherit tremendous intelligence and problem-solving dexterity, others are just bull in a China shop. Similarly, the aforesaid applies with all weight on male bosses, too. Also, men feel being psychologically chivalrous before women in charge. So, having female boss makes them a bit dismayed as compared to dealing with male boss. Meanwhile, personality of both male and female boss matters considerably a lot in the context of leading.
on May 29, 2013