If that comes as a surprise, comments from the business world may shed some light on what is creating the discordant workplace dynamic. C onsider Connie, a woman in her early forties whose experience spans the gamut of full-time volunteer for street missions in her late teens to assistant to the vice president of a bank. Connie currently manages a group of women of widely divergent ages at a non-profit organization. They do everything from opening mail to preparing computer presentations to transcribing letters for executives. This means that they get lost in the 'now' and the little things and tend to lose sight of the big picture.
Men look at the big picture.
Men will think things through. Women feel them. F inally, the way men and women deal with competition is very different. While competition is no stranger to men or women eager for a seat at the corporate conference table, women view competition differently from men. Kathy's project manager is a woman who oversees a staff of six, five of whom are women.