Balanced Leadership: Leveraging Both Masculine and Feminine Strengths

by Caroline | Aug 6, 2013 | better decisions, Business Case, business case for gender diversity, Business Results, Engagement, feminine leadership strengths, Masculine Feminine Difference, progress of women, strengths of feminine approaches, Strengths of feminine leadership, strengths of masculine approaches, Strengths of women's leadership | 0 comments

Leigh Buchanan’s article talks about a new book by John Gerzema, “Between Venus and Mars.” I see many parallels. Both our work and Gerzema’s are based upon the importance of employee engagement to productivity and profitability. We both see that women have typically conformed to masculine workplace values and styles. Most important, we agree that the workplace needs both masculine and feminine styles of leadership and that the best leaders combine strengths of both. We agree that the best decisions result from having both masculine and feminine thinkers involved and find value in both masculine and feminine forms of communication. We need more women in leadership because a balance of men and women means we are more likely to have a balance of masculine and feminine strengths. And that leads to better business results.