Do Women Make Good Leaders?

Study is BS

Yes, and how many of those people who said men make better leaders were MEN???? Perhaps the real issue is that women are more fair when it comes to judging men and women, whereas men are still biased. I don't think men actually believe men make better leaders, they are just more competitive. Plus, they are always looking for the ONE thing they can say they are better at, because women do something they cannot (give birth). So they overcompensate and try to compete and show they are better at certain things when really they are just competitive.

Women and men can both lead. Women tend to be more compassionate. And we need more of that. Perhaps if the world were run by women, we wouldn't be in all the nasty wars we are in.

Cara of DC @ Mar 08, 2009 18:43:36 PM

It's not expectibal how the world puts us down ,

for the really answer to the question of all , women is the very person who grows the child , a son , who becomes a president .... I truly believe that a great full and successful man always has a great women in back , man is the head , but women can do as much as man can , we all have the right of choosing , the right of working the right of being in social programs , the right of leadership , if a women was not a good leader how could she be a good mother , and raise a good son , to be a leader !!!????

I would be very happy to receive an answer for my question !

If a women is not a good leader , How could she raise up a son , (a man ) to be a great leader ....!?

from those who believe , a women is as special as a man ! we all are children of our father who loves us , He gave us the great gift of motherhood and womanhood ...

sima @ Feb 04, 2009 11:22:59 AM

The choice

It's also a choice to be a leader. I think that many women simply choose not to. For many reasons. Not the least of which is the time and energy it requires.....

of @ Sep 12, 2008 18:03:02 PM

Glass ceiling much?

I think that while women may have the capacity to be excellent leaders, there are definite social conditioning challenges that need to be addressed before they will be the kind of person people will follow.

I know so many women who are brilliant but conduct themselves like they're doomed to entry-level life for eternity. Men seem to be conditioned to believe they're leaders, women almost always need to train themselves into believing they have the right to be.

Erika with Qvisory of WA @ Sep 11, 2008 20:32:07 PM

Check the record.

Women have lead powerful governments that had great influence on how the world was run in the past.

There were good one's and otherwise just as with male leaders.

But Hillary lost.

It's Obama vs McCain.

Is there something we don't know about them that only their doctor knows?

They look, act and talk like males.

HillbillyBill of TN @ Sep 11, 2008 09:26:56 AM

Check the record.

Women have lead powerful governments that had great influence on how the world was run in the past.

There were good one's and otherwise just as with male leaders.

But Hillary lost.

It's Obama vs McCain.

Is there something we don't know about them that only their doctor knows?

They look, act and talk like males.

HillbillyBill of TN @ Sep 11, 2008 09:26:56 AM

Bloke in a skirt

Ahhh ....familiar themes. Women have to make it by being a 'bloke in a skirt' because that's the style that gets noticed and promoted - not the gentle, consensus building colleague in the corner. We need a wider range of acceptable leadership styles to remove this bias. On the pay gap - it may be a self fulfilling prophecy. It is a fact that women dont negotiate their salaries and men do. For more see here www.eve-olution.net

Tracey Carr @ Sep 11, 2008 06:16:07 AM