A Study in Leadership: Women Do It Better Than Men
“It is a well-known fact that women are underpresented at senior levels of management and the leadership styles largely vary between men and women. A research analysis conducted by Dr Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman, 7,280 leaders revealed the truth about men and women leaders in the workplace. The dataset came from the most successful and progressive organisations in the world for both in public & private sectors. These datas are based on the 16 competencies of the Extraordinary Leader Assessment and derived from 360 evaluations of each leader leadership effectiveness, feedback of their leaders, peers, bosses and direct reports. A few findings are:- 64% are still men
- The higher the level, the more men there are
- 78% of top managers were men, 67% at the level below