Which gender makes the best boss?

Which gender makes the best boss? It's a frequently asked question in the workplace. Is it men or women who are superior as boss-material? MSN Career Builder recently featured an article espousing the fact that men are better bosses. The writer's opinion and research notwithstanding,   Nike Shox Rivalry I don't actually think this is an "either-or" kind of question. It's really a question of what qualities make someone a successful boss, and even further how do we quantify success?

There are clearly differences between men and women. How they function, and how they show up through their work is simply not always the same. There are both pluses and minuses on either side. Some men are better bosses than some women, and some women are better bosses than some men.

To explore this fully, we must understand how the attributes that either gender brings to a management position plot on the Nike Shox Rival,workplace management map.

Women are raised to be nurturing, caring and communicative. Men are not necessarily taught to exhibit those same qualities and are certainly not rewarded for them growing up. Often, when communicating with male executives, I hear gruffly expressed comments like, "I don't like this warm, fuzzy stuff", and yet women in those same positions seem to be able to accomplish it naturally, without any effort at all. There are pros and cons to exhibiting these qualities. We live in a business landscape where a leader's show of emotions is likely to affect the way their people view their effectiveness. Often, emotional Kids' Nike Shox,awareness is associated with weakness and ineffectiveness. Since women seem to be wired to express their emotions and men to repress theirs, it's a no-brainer that many people see men as more effective leaders than women.