Women Have the Right Stuff

Men may still continue to outnumber women when it comes to running large Corporations, but they are at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to their effectiveness as business professionals.

 

According to a study performed by the Hagberg Consulting Group, women in business score higher than their male counterparts in a number of key areas. 

 

Women are better at:

 

1)  Motivating others

2)  Fostering communication

3)  Producing high quality work. 

4)  Listening

 

The study also revealed the fact that women are more caring and nurturing.  Women are also more likely to disregard as a useless power trip another long-held management strategy used by their male counterparts: keeping information tightly controlled. ”It’s better to overcommunicate,” says Anu Shukla, whose Web startup, Rubric, made 65 of her 85 employees millionaires. Rather than dispensing information on a need-to-know basis, she made sure she shared information with all of her employees. She also created the CEO lunch, inviting several employees at a time to discuss the business with her. 

Employees who feel cared about by their bosses or are inspired by them often produce higher-quality work, consultants say. And supervisors who know how to deal with conflict get better results.   

 

So where does a man’s strength lie in the business world?  According to the study, they are good strategic planning and analyzing issues.  But then again, the study said the numbers were even between both genders.

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