Research Says Women Are Better Leaders Than Men
When most of us were little, at some point we heard some little girls telling the boys how much smarter girls were than boys. A new study is agreeing with the little girls on the playground, revealing that women are better leaders.
A recent study took a poll of over 7,200 leaders in the year 2011. They were all rated on 16 different competencies in different positions such as managers and executives. Out of these 16, women scored higher on 15, with 12 of them being significantly higher than men. Two of the biggest traits that men didn’t quite measure up as well as their female counterparts were initiative and drive.
These ratings, that were given to the leaders, were handed out by co-workers, bosses, and peers. Although there were more men in the study than women, women still dominated in almost every leadership competency and were highly recommended by their peers.
Women are better at building teams and relationships in the workplace, the study found. They are well-liked and more respected than men, and can also bring a combination of logic and intuition into their ideas, which makes for a well-rounded solution to problems.
There are some theories that are brought about by this staggering study as to why there are not more female leaders in the world. One of the theories is that women do not promote themselves as much as men do. Women tend to throw everything they have into their current roles as opposed to looking at the future and seeing what they can do to move up.
Another theory is that this is still a very much male-oriented society. A higher positioned man will be more likely to hire another man for a high level position as opposed to a woman, due to our views in society.
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The woman has been the stabilizer of the home for years. Yes, both men and women have their equal share in rearing the children, however, women will step on you, step over you and keep it moving when they are in the corporate world to achieve that status. Just saying
Aisha
February 6, 2013 at 12:08 am
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I TEND TO AGREE WITH THIS RESEARCH WOMEN ARE GREAT LEADERS BUT BETTER THAT IS TO BE DEBATED! MEN HAVE TO MUCH OF A TIME GAP IN LEADING ROLES FOR WOMEN TO BE ACTUALLY BETTER. FURTHERMORE WOMEN THINK TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN MEN OFTEN TIMES WITH THEIR EMOTIONS!
John Dixon
February 6, 2013 at 2:23 pm
I don,t think so women tend to bring all their personal BS with them when it comes to the work place and their decisions stem from emotions rather than rational thinking and logic,plus if you,re working with them they always have to talk and think that theres something wrong with you if you,re not spouting conversation every couple of minutes.Where do they get their facts from?
marcus davis
February 6, 2013 at 10:42 pm
African American women in leadership should definitely be considered for positions that require community solutions. Another study worth reading was conducted by Dr. Patricia Ann Harris, a Capella University Alumni. Click this link for a preview: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?did=2560168621&Fmt=14&VType=PQD&VInst=PROD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1360258789&clientId=79356
Dr. Patricia Harris
February 7, 2013 at 5:42 pm
@ George the scripture does says honor the woman as the weaker vessel, which mean “physically” not intellectually. if that was the case we would have many intelligent and brilliant woman of all walks, women didn’t just make themselves capable of being intellegent. when they(woman) educate themselves is just a plus.
gunzNrosez
February 7, 2013 at 9:27 pm
and as far as being “better” leaders I would say women are staunch leaders, with this in short….they are not the first to abandon ship or throw in the towel when the Storm passes through…they ride it out in spite of what lies before them, especially if they dependants.
gunzNrosez
February 7, 2013 at 9:35 pm
I do not disagree with the study however, I also think the role of the man in society overall is paramount. We must stop discounting them on a scale of 90%.
Janet Carter
February 11, 2013 at 6:27 pm
How do you explain teen aged pregnancy then? Why do they keep letting these lesser, dumber boys get them pregnant? With no income in sight? Is that an example of them being better leaders? They’re more mature than boys too so…
Donnie Brasco
February 13, 2013 at 3:31 pm
Then please explain why men do lead virtually everything? How did this happen?
Donnie Brasco
February 13, 2013 at 3:33 pm
If women were incharge of things in the world I think it would be a better world.I have found them better than egotistal men all the time. Enytime I see them competing with men I will always route for them,Women did not get the vote in the United States until the 19th amendment, imagine that ignorance even enslaved African men got the vote with the 15th amendment.If you thing education cost a lot imagine the cost of ignorance.Power to women.The rule of thumb came from England “A man could beat his wife as long as the stick is no bigger than his thumb.” Now, you tell me if that is not dumb. They should beat him with a stick as long as it is not bigger than him old thumb.Thats why I tell you don’t adopt their dumb rules.Here is a good book”Overturning the culture of violence by Omali Yeshitela.You don’t need any survey to tell you how great women are they complement good men.
Haile
April 28, 2013 at 9:27 pm
I’m not surprised by this survey “Women or better leaders than Men”, the way men have been behaving since the ‘fall’ (biblical reference), its no wonder that men have been ‘stigmatized’ with less ability to lead. Afterall, he lost his credibility when he trusted his own wisdom rather than that of the Lord by partaking of the ‘forbidden fruit’when he was instructed not to do so. He did not trust the Lord and “followed” the woman’s example and took of the fruit. There are countless “other” examples of men forfeiting their ‘role’ as men and leaders and thereby causing a ‘cultural’ and ‘imaging’ shifts in their portrayal as leaders. Men have forced women to become leaders by not being the ‘high priest’ of their home, and in many cases, not being at home period! Countless single-family homes, women raising children by themselves and having to provide for those abandon children. Men, you will have to be upset with yourselves for the image that has become prevalent within the United States, can’t blame anyone but yourself. Now this only applies to those men who have gone astray, there is still some of us who knows what it is to be a man, responsible, accountable, dependable, protective, loving and God fearing.
Richard A. Packard
April 28, 2013 at 9:59 pm
Stamp out discrimination in any form where ever you find it.Clean your brains of that European nonsence.In the Catholic Church women cannot be priests let a lone pope. They are the biggest supporters of that church. None of them should attend that church let alone give contributions to it.Never mind what the scriptures say, they wrote it. 40 Jews translated the bible into Greek called the Septuagint, none of them were women. They even tell you that God is a he.God is antrogenous. We have to learn to treat women equally and with respect, they are not to walk behind us but to complement us.You would not want that discrimination for yourself so donot give it to women they will not take it, so you keep it for yourself and run with it.
Haile
April 28, 2013 at 11:12 pm