Feminine or Masculine That’s the Question
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Or is it?
Sung-Joo Kim (chairman and chief executive of luxury-goods company MCM Worldwide) thinks that a feminine leadership style—one that emphasizes on sensitivity to employees and openness—can give women an advantage as business owners.
Does it make any sense to classify managers into different categories? It would certainly make life easier—but the truth of course is that most managers are a mix of several classifications, several qualities. Some of these qualities are valuable and useful; many of those qualities complement each other and make for a strong leader. Other qualities are less desirable—or sometimes what should be a desirable quality gets misused. And to be honest, there are some qualities that can best be described as out of this world. 1
1Stop Telling… Start Leading! p.9
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Or is it?
Sung-Joo Kim (chairman and chief executive of luxury-goods company MCM Worldwide) thinks that a feminine leadership style—one that emphasizes on sensitivity to employees and openness—can give women an advantage as business owners.
Does it make any sense to classify managers into different categories? It would certainly make life easier—but the truth of course is that most managers are a mix of several classifications, several qualities. Some of these qualities are valuable and useful; many of those qualities complement each other and make for a strong leader. Other qualities are less desirable—or sometimes what should be a desirable quality gets misused. And to be honest, there are some qualities that can best be described as out of this world. 1
Shouldn’t effectiveness and the ability to implement a leadership style be the number one criterias for the style one uses in any given situation?
(See also Marti’s comment)1Stop Telling… Start Leading! p.9
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