Wanted Leader: Men or Women?

January 31, 2007

Do Men really make better leaders than Women?
Does Women have what it takes to be a leader?
Why are leaders mostly Men not Women?
If Women > Men as a leader will that make Men = NULL as a leader?

Those questions had been raised through out the time. All except for the fourth one maybe, I made that up. Now, those questions leads to the one simple question that composes of 5 words which haunts many ask sites and essays (and probablly blog posts): Wanted Leader: Men or Women?

Now, as researched in "Ask" sites, like ask.com and Yahoo! Answers, It gave me this pretty simple but challenging phrase for the said question.

That phrase goes something like this: Under equal opportunity I believe they both have the ability to lead with their own strengths. And yet, in light of this question I also have to say that I believe a woman has the skills necessary to persue an issue with more force than a man on the basis that a woman is usually the last to let anything go, be it the last word or a fruitful debate. And when in doubt, a woman will fight with everything in her to prove she is right when a man will walk away with the belief he is right and leave it at that.
Posted by: Hardly Blonde at Yahoo! Answers

Now, this is the time for me to comment that phrase by Hardly Blonde. Yes, equally Men and Women really have the ability to lead such things as country, fellowship or cult. Her next sentence really struck me, Women do fight for what is right in her belief, its just that, eventhough they think it is right, but really it is wrong, they still fight for it, leading to a really bad conflict on both sides. In the case of Men knowing what is right, it kind of feels really true, If men knows that the thing he believes in is right, then it will be right until someone will testify that it isnt, until then, it remains right: no stings attached, no buttons pushed.

But as researched more and more in Search Engines such as Google.com and Yahoo.com.

I found again another interesting fact about the two sexes being leaders. This time, it still focuses on women but with "un-supporiting" sentences.

The article goes like this: Well, I’m not really sure. I get asked that question a lot, and I’ve really been thinking about whether it’s even the right question. Is there some research that shows some stylistic differences? Yes. And again, by style, I mean not what’s inborn, but what’s developed.

One style is collaboration. Are women more collaborative than men? Well, there seems to be some evidence of that. There’s this idea that women use more words than men, which would lead to a different style of relationship because they’re more relational; they’re discussing more and trying to talk things out more than men. Recent research on the human brain provides some evidence that there might be biological differences. We know that men mostly solve problems using the right side of their brain, while women use both sides of their brain. But do we really know what that means? In truth, no, we don’t.

At some point, my guess is that we’ll have a better handle on it, and we’ll be able to say more decisively if there are real differences. I guess the way to put it is this: I’m not sure we’re ready for that question. Nor is it a question I think that’s going to get us very far. I think the better question is: In what way do we think that women’s and men’s leadership is different?
This one was by: Robin Gerber at Why can’t women be leaders too? found using Google.com.

Now, Ill just sum up my belief and understanding in that paragraphs. Men and women still have the potentiality to become leaders in different fields. Women have more abilities to show off that men, like collaboration or working together. Now, collaborating is done by a leader and members, not all women will be followed by men, its more of a men’s touch to become more collaborative. Know why? Men dont like taking orders from women, so read by an article somewhere on the net.

Well.. You decide. Men or Women?
Who cares? As long as their doing their job. And doing it well.