March 14th, 2018
Alexandra I. Theodorou
Professor R. Roman
English 306
How gender plays a role in leadership qualities? Who are better leaders? Do men have a problem accepting a female leader?
Leadership is the ability to lead, direct, and coordinate a group of people whether in an organization or over a team of individuals in a society. The leadership in business entails a number of several activities including planning, coordinating, directing and controlling. For leadership to exist there must be supervision, management or a form of governship. A leader must motivate people that are working under him or her both in words or actions. A good is an example to others whom he leads by actions. The problem with most leaders is that they want
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For a leader to make essential progress in the organization they lead, they must be ready to invest their time, resources and man power to achieve the intended goal. However, not all leaders are innovative, considering that innovation is an important trait in a leader. Women leaders are found to be more innovative more than men (Eagly 17). Most men leaders like to have the power to control the individuals placed under them, to manipulate and control everything given under their care. However, most men leaders are not ready to go an extra mile to invest and come up with a new innovation in the organization which will make the company achieve its goal. Women are more focused in business than men. What a woman wants, she must get it by all means. However most men give up when things do not work out in the way planned, and therefore end up wasting a lot of time and resources trying different ways of …show more content…
However, the same public holds the opinion that men can equally do organization as women. This means that there is no much difference in what the public analyses to be the different traits found in women and men leaders. Majority of the public agree that most traits are shared equally between men and women, and there is no superiority in gender in terms of leadership in business. However, when it comes to other spheres of life like politics, men are believed to take the lead in making better leaders than women. However in business, these two genders almost share similar traits in
In relation to leadership and women, historically women who wanted to seek leadership roles were often seen projecting the traditional masculine model of leadership. This model means to be rational, unemotional and analytic. It also, means in order to succeed traditionally women needed to look and act like a man to be taken seriously in leadership positions. Women in the past often dressed up in suits and ties and anything feminine was seen as an internal “weakness”. To be a leader in power meant to exude confidence in masculinity and shy away from anything remotely girly. As opposed, to the feminine model which casts power as focused on connection and harmony instead of power over something, someone. This power can be skilled through collective gain or physical attractiveness (Kruse 22).
Who would not want to have their voice heard by so many people if it could change lives of everyone who is listening? Almost two centuries ago the people of United States were Christians, they wanted peace and had pride in the country. Hearing about someone who believed in God the same way they did made that person worthier to listen to. The way Patrick Henry connects to the colonists is by the analogies he uses and the motion he gives when he speaks.
The reading assignment for this unit included reading several articles and one book in particular, The Female Advantage, by Sally Helgesen as an introduction into varying leadership styles. Leadership, as a honed craft is practiced continually in different ways and varying circumstances, no two individuals will have the same leadership style. Certain distinctive traits brought into the forum and on display for followers to observe. Some traits can be visible, clothing or skin color as examples, others, however, are not as visible such as upbringing or family situation. Each of these factors could play a role in the leadership style of a leader. One trait that the author of the book uses to distinguish leaders is gender. As much as men and women must be treated the fairly and equally, it cannot be denied that outside of the biological aspect, men and women are slightly different. Each gender brings a unique approach to leadership situations.
Powell, G., Butterfield, D., and Bartol, K. (2008). Leader evaluations: A new female advantage? Gender in Management: An International Journal, 23, 156-174.
The different leadership styles of men and women was discussed. Women prefer democratic and participative styles while men preferred autocratic styles (Landy & Conte, 2013, p. 508). Women can tend to be more interpersonal where men are more focused on tasks versus worrying about how their staff
Hackbarth, N. (2012, November 24). Leadership Study Reveals the Difference between Men and Women. Retrieved from http://www.quantumworkplace.com/leadership-study-reveals-difference-men-women/.
According to Business Dictionary.com, leadership is defined as the individuals who are the leaders in an organization, regarded collectively. It also can be define as the activity of leading a group of people or an organization or the ability to do this. Leadership involves the establishing of a clear vision, sharing the vision with other so that they will follow willingly, providing the needed information, knowledge, and methods to realize the vision and coordinating and balancing the conflicts interests of all members and stakeholders.
Leadership is the ability of an individual to influence, motivate and inspire others (Gill, 2006). It is therefore defined as a process whereby a leader influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal (Northouse, 2013). A leader has to make a decision for something to happen and provide his followers with clear direction (Rost et al, 1991). It will evoke feelings of challenge, excitement and involvement for the followers to proceed with the task (Gill, 2006).
Women, on the other hand, are difficult to classify as a good leaders because in order to be a leader, we often need to sacrifice our femininity. This belief...
The trait leadership theories assume that people inherit certain abilities and traits that make them better suited for leadership than others (Stroup, 2004). The trait theories originated from an earlier impression called the “great man” theories pop...
Women do have different leadership styles from men. As Bodyshop founder Anita Roddick says: ‘I run my company according to feminine principles – principles of caring, making intuitive decisions, not getting hung up on hierarchy, having a sense of work as being part of your life, not separate from it; putting your labour where your love is, being responsible to the world in how you use your profits; recognising the bottom line should stay at the bottom’.
Leadership is the controlling force of the whole world, it allows everything to operate best without any chaos. Leadership is important in business because leaders must manage and communicate with employees if they wish to be successful. Leaders range from the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to managers of different levels.
When we think about how it used to be 100 years ago, the only people in leadership roles where men, and there was no presence of women. Why is it that we tend to see more men in leadership positions? Usually when we think of what a leader looks like, we tend to describe them as powerful, assertive and confidence. Because of stereotypes our society immediately labels this person as a man, due to the roles that we are expected to follow. Today, there has been a huge shift for women in leadership positions; however, there are many challenges that they still have to overcome. A process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal (Northouse, 2007) defines a leader. Moreover, leaders come in different forms whether in a professional, educational, or group setting. As a male college student and an advocate for equal rights between men and women, my understanding of the struggles that women face has a huge impact on my philosophy of leadership. The three most important concepts in this course that has resonated with me the most are double bind, and think manager-think male and glass ceiling.
There’s little difference between men and women on several of these leadership traits.
According to Shockley and Zalabak (2009) "Leadership is a process of guiding individuals, groups, and entire organization in establishing goals and sustaining action to support goals.Leadership is like mapping out where you need to go to win". A Leader is a person who has a strong personality and who has an ability to manage people and work. He is also the person who is able to direct people .Usually a leaders has a lot of attributes that