Women have better skills to effectively lead and manager large companies. In other words, not only might they be less greedy and thus more likely to share the wealth, and not only might they be less risky, but they are also better at running businesses in general.
Women are used to stress. The reason women might be better at handling the stress that comes with the recession better than men is two-fold. First, many women, regardless of industry, work in "boys' club"-type environments. They are used to dealing with the added stress that comes with feeling like they have to constantly be working at a higher level than the men at their organizations. Secondly, women are used to multi-tasking. They know that their success is measured by others based on how well they juggle their work and home lives.
ReplyDelete"Hands down women are better. There’s no contest," she said in a New York Times interview this week. "In my experience, female bosses tend to be better managers, better advisers, mentors, rational thinkers. Men love to hear themselves talk, and they only think about themselves.
ReplyDeleteJeremy- “Women no longer need to choose between a beautiful career and a beautiful life,” she said.
ReplyDeleteIf that’s not enough to chew on, Bos added, by 2010 women will control more than half of the private wealth in the U.S., or about $14 trillion. By 2020 that number is expected to rise to $22 trillion. Why? Women typically inherit twice, once from their spouses and then from their parents.
Women also purchase or influence the purchase of over 80 percent of all consumer goods, including stocks, computers and automobiles.