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How teams can leverage both masculine and feminine leadership

How teams can leverage both masculine and feminine leadership

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How teams can leverage both masculine and feminine leadership

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- When teams include both men and women, they have the potential to perform better. Notice I said potential. Mere gender diversity isn't enough to make a difference. Instead, the team has to make sure both male and female perspectives are heard. We're going to talk about some of the important things men and women bring to the meeting table and give tips for teams to harness the strengths of both genders. So first, let's consider the strengths that research tells us are more typical of men. Men are efficient, they're task-focused and clearly define issues. Men focus on making a decision and tend to narrow options down quickly. Men are also more likely to think and act based on available data and facts, so the team has strong justification when they present their decisions to other people. Women, on the other hand, tend to pay more attention to context. They work to create different options and solutions and consider the consequences of decisions more carefully. Women are discovery…

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