Men are more likely to assign the task and then put it out of mind, providing less for follow-up. And appear to be less precise in communicating the parameters of the project. Women in leader roles will respond more favorably than men to requests for assistance. Women's management style, which centers on communication and positive working relationships, is better suited than men's to team-oriented leadership. Women may be better at managing a diverse workforce because they have less traditional values, they are more tolerant of differences, and are less bound by social traditions.
Women tend to manage in different ways than men do.
Female executives were found to be more interested in transforming people's self interest into organizational goals by encouraging feelings of individual self-worth, active participation, and sharing of power and information. When comparing executive women and men, women are not better at reducing interpersonal friction. They are not more understanding or humanitarian, they are not more focused on presentation of themselves, and they are not more suspicious or touchy. Likewise, women are not less dominant in leadership situations. BWN recognizes that the priority of many organizations is leadership for women.