Women's leadership of the team is often weaker compared to men's leadership. Is this due to its physiological composition or is this logic incorrect? Saving Changes...
Dinah YoungProject Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William CountySpringfield, Va, United States
I totally disagree with this assessment. I have known many very powerful female leaders and weak male leaders. Your ability to lead has more to do with your natural style and charisma and not with your gender.
Now if you are talking about management ability, I heard in a webinar once (I wish I can remember who said it now) that women tend to often be better managers.
What we are really talking about here is nature versus nurture. In some cultures men may be nurtured more to take on leadership and management responsibilities. It does not mean they are naturally predisposed to be better.
I think it is wrong though to say men or women do something better. Focus on the leadership and management styles to look for successes.
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1 reply by Rachid HICHER
Sep 20, 2018 2:00 AM
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Your response is very logical and I also agree with you. In some specialties we find that women are more capable than men. This is remarkable in fact, and some women have abilities that may outweigh many men.
But it is not entirely absolute and not measured
And on the search for successes, the leader must take into account this aspect when based on the tasks of the project
Some tasks do not correspond to gender capabilities and we have to look at this part
Everyone is a facilitator of what has been created for him
I totally agree with Dinah. Irrespective of gender, region, culture every individual has leadership skills. If the individual is encouraged, supported to hone his/her skills and the skills are put to proper use, then we could get great leaders.
Diversity will always exist in many aspects between individuals and it doesn't mean that one is superior to the other due to their different actions and thoughts.
So the above stated opinion about women's leadership is itself incorrect and hence the logic/rationale behind it is also incorrect.
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1 reply by Rachid HICHER
Sep 20, 2018 2:12 AM
Rachid HICHER
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The whole logic of this dialogue is not true and can not be like that
The difference between the sexes is a blatant fact that can not be ignored
I would like to discuss how to develop skills according to the abilities of each race
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Luis AssadAdvisor| Barueri City AdministrationBarueri, São Paulo, Brazil
Your logic is incorrect. Dinah and Girija have already explained why. Saving Changes...
Justus NScrum Master| BCBSTXArlington, Tx, United States
I would be interested in some facts, research, studies etc... otherwise it's just your opinion. Saving Changes...
Anish AbrahamPrivacy Program Manager| University of WashingtonAuburn, Wa, United States
I completely agree with Dinah and Girija.
According to my opinion, when it comes to intelligence and innovation, men and women have those qualities equally. And I don't see any gender differences in ambition, honesty and decisiveness. Saving Changes...
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
I tend to somehow agree with Dinah and Girijia. One can’t generalize. Sometimes you find men who are better leaders, other times, you find women are better leaders. Ive known women whose leaderships lead to significant success to the organizations.
Look for example at the 39 years old lady who was recently assigned as the first woman CFO for General Motors, Saving Changes...
Don't judge a PM on basis of gender, attire or any social/political bias. These bias are slippery slope and any member of project team carrying these baggage can be detrimental to group morale.
Judging a member based on professional criteria like knowledge, experience and interpersonal skills will definitely help in project management.
Also, looking forward in future of AI, the algorithm for ML will try to get rid of any cognitive bias in subsequent iterations. So we should prepare ourselves by being careful in our decision making and not jumping on slippery slopes. Saving Changes...
Eric SimmsSenior Program ManagerBaltimore, Maryland, United States
Rachid,
Are the women you are observing part of a patriarchal culture? If so, then the heavy cultural limitations placed on these women make it impossible for them to be effective leaders within that culture. If you instead look at the leadership skills of women from the most egalitarian cultures (such as Iceland, Norway and Sweden) you won't find any deficiencies in their leadership skills compared to those of men.
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1 reply by Rachid HICHER
Sep 20, 2018 2:50 AM
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Women's ability to acquire leadership skills is something that can not be discussed or challenged
But it is more appropriate to have sex when building a leadership
For example, not exclusively
When we want to develop a leadership in education, it is better to choose a woman who is naturally better than men
When we want to develop leadership in agriculture it is advisable to choose a man
With the whole can acquire the necessary skills and do the work required of it
But the results will be stronger if we choose the nature of work on the nature of sex
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Sromon DasSenior Project Manager| Mara ConsultingHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
I'm curious to know what prompted you to ask this question. Did you read an article or research paper that led to the conclusion that women are not as effective as men? Just trying to understand the background. thx
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1 reply by Luis Assad
Sep 19, 2018 12:54 PM
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Although I have already posted a reply, I have the same curiosity as Sromon. I also would like to know what made you bring up this question.
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Luis AssadAdvisor| Barueri City AdministrationBarueri, São Paulo, Brazil
Sep 19, 2018 12:48 PM
Replying to Sromon Das
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I'm curious to know what prompted you to ask this question. Did you read an article or research paper that led to the conclusion that women are not as effective as men? Just trying to understand the background. thx
Although I have already posted a reply, I have the same curiosity as Sromon. I also would like to know what made you bring up this question. Saving Changes...
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