Women and men, work and power

This blog is based on a survey of Fast Company, this is an business magazine. Fast company asked 13 prominent women leaders what their vision is on the difference between men and women. I am now going to discuss one of those 13 visions. These are her findings:

Sharon Patrick, president and COO of Martha Steward Living, discovered that you will more likely notice a difference between men and women in management style than in management skills.
We cannot ignore the fact that women have a different view on power. Men mostly use a strategy that is referred to as the ‘go for the kill’-type. They try to get as much as possible by using more obscure methods like intimidation, pressure etc.
Women on the other hand aim for more collaborative approaches, such as: solving problems, searching for common interests etc.

Despite the fact that there is lots of research that proves that the female ‘path’ offers the best chance on high-quality results, in the real (male) world, collaboration is synonym for weakness.

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/13/womenofpr.html

Celina Buyle