In my last post I talked about "judging a book by its cover", so while scanning the Internet, when I came across the WSJ article entitled "The Benfits of a Feminine Leadership Style" I knew I had to read it.
In this article Sung-Joo Kim, chairman and chief executive of luxury-goods company MCM Worldwide, talks about how women have an advantage in the corporate company, because they are more sensitive and can relate to employees. At the end of the article it asks us, as readers what we think, do we think about working for someone with this type of leadership style?
This got me to thinking about this, I think that it really depends on the type of industry and the level of manager that you are. This was a Top Manager that was saying this, and although that might work in her industry, and I think its always good to put yourself in your employees shoes--as a top manager you are responsible for change and commitment, and sometimes that means you have to make hard choices. I think that it is Important for first-line managers to be more sensitive since they are the managers that encourage, their employees and if they are more sensitive to their needs I think that they can relate to their employees better and be more available to them as a Manager.
What are your thoughts? Do you think sensitive leadership is good for managers to have?
In this article Sung-Joo Kim, chairman and chief executive of luxury-goods company MCM Worldwide, talks about how women have an advantage in the corporate company, because they are more sensitive and can relate to employees. At the end of the article it asks us, as readers what we think, do we think about working for someone with this type of leadership style?
This got me to thinking about this, I think that it really depends on the type of industry and the level of manager that you are. This was a Top Manager that was saying this, and although that might work in her industry, and I think its always good to put yourself in your employees shoes--as a top manager you are responsible for change and commitment, and sometimes that means you have to make hard choices. I think that it is Important for first-line managers to be more sensitive since they are the managers that encourage, their employees and if they are more sensitive to their needs I think that they can relate to their employees better and be more available to them as a Manager.
What are your thoughts? Do you think sensitive leadership is good for managers to have?
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