Women seem to place a higher priority on teaching their employees and developing work strategies than their male counterparts do. According to a recent study in Business Week , women are also more collaborative and seek less personal glory. She says that today's economy is rapidly changing, global, service-oriented, and entrepreneurial. Now that these traits are important, they have nothing to do with gender. In fact, the number of women moving into small and mid-size businesses has surpassed the number of men doing likewise.
Women also have a lower failure rate than men in starting new businesses.
As more and more women become leaders in the business world, they encourage others to enter the field. With each additional success story, women become better positioned to climb the corporate ranks. Allison Bloom recently traded in her motion picture development shoes for a pair of hand-sewn leather writing boots. She is an amateur botanist and freelance wordsmith with an affinity for British literature and travel. All rights reserved.