Women's successful leadership skills

I found Judy Rosener’s article, “Ways Women Lead” (in Ch. 10, pg. 411) interesting and relevant to today’s changing working environment. This opening sentence of the reading asserted that “the command-and-control leadership style associated with men is not the only way to succeed.”

I agree with Rosener and also believe that there are several different types of management styles that can be successful in corporations, both large and small. The style traditionally associated with success (and used most often by men) is that of CAC and wielding power to get associates to do what is needed for the good of the company. However, I feel that this power-based style can lead to employee dissatisfaction (depending on the employee’s personality and the relative strength of the leader) by giving subordinates the impression that their well-being comes second-fiddle after racing to meet corporate goals.

I think that women do tend to be more attuned to others’ well-being and can use this to their advantage in leadership. Overall, I believe that employees today are increasingly adopting the belief that they are personally important and deserve to be treated as people who are relevant to their workspaces, rather than being simply faceless workers that are tools used by their companies for profit. I believe women have been particularly successful in recognizing this growing belief in their workforce and, if they continue to approach leadership situations with their unique skills and views, I feel that they will only become more successful at managing their groups and be able to cultivate them into high-performing, valuable corporate assets.