Women often underestimate their abilities and often see their own shortcomings when evaluating their jobs.

On the contrary, men take it for granted that success comes from personal talents and abilities.

When the media labels "her time" and "her world," it misleads the public and seems to think that we live in a world led by women.

In fact, women are only just beginning to break into leadership.

In China, although the gender equality policy has been implemented for a long time, and women have obtained all civil rights such as education and political participation, there are currently less than 10 women holding party and state leadership positions, and only 10% of women cadres at the provincial (ministerial) level and above are

9.9% of the total number of cadres at the same level; about 20% of female entrepreneurs and CEOs; and there are few female leaders in universities and major scientific research institutes.

Are there differences between men and women in leadership?

Do women have special advantages?

To this, many successful women will give a clear negative answer.

Zhang Yin of Nine Dragons Paper put it very directly: "No one will take special care of you just because you are a woman." Dong Mingzhu of Gree Group said that some people think that women can easily win sympathy or support from others, and being friendly and gentle are the

A kind of female leadership.

I do not think so.

Management is iron-clad and rigid, and the system cannot be changed at will.

In a forum, women such as Yu Yu from Dangdang.com, Mou Yiping from Agilent and Wang Haiying from Protiviti Consulting all believed that leadership has no gender.

The key point in these responses is that women do not get opportunities based on their gender alone.

If women still position themselves as dependent, weak individuals and hope that men will give them sympathy, support and extra care, that is a pipe dream; if women stick to the imagination of strong men and weak women and want to rely on external charm to win,

Dreams of promotion are bound to come to nothing.

Women do not become leaders by virtue of their gender, but must rely on strength, influence and the ability to lead a team.

Do women have any unique leadership qualities in these areas?

This seems difficult to conclude.

The difference between women is very big. Some people divide today's active business women into two generations. The first generation is represented by Dong Mingzhu, Yang Mianmian, and Sun Yafang. They are strong, decisive, courageous, and not gentle enough.

The second generation is represented by Zhang Xin, Yu Yu, and Yang Lan, who have both tough and gentle leadership qualities.

Interestingly, the first generation of business women emphasized the need to forget gender and stop thinking about being a woman, while the second generation emphasized being true to themselves.

Should female leaders demonstrate rigid strength or soft charm?

In addition to individual personality differences, it is also related to industry requirements and the characteristics of the times.

In the traditional understanding, leadership emphasizes rigid power, authority and execution.

Therefore, if women want to enter this field, they have to become Mulan disguised as a man and show the same qualities as men.

The second generation of business women are developing in fields such as media, e-commerce, and finance, and their wisdom, creativity, and communication skills are even more important.

When there is no need to fight over drinks at the wine table to get an order, when charity galas or networking can better develop contacts, they don't have to pretend to be interested in drinking and golfing.

Helgeson pointed out in the book "The Female Advantage: How Women Lead" that female leaders focus on communication, coordination, good interpersonal relationships and collective success.

In the era of post-industrial and globalization, women can rely more on their advantageous traits, such as focusing on emotional communication, valuing the ethics of caring, exerting intuitive insight, not taking risks easily, being tenacious and steady, etc.

Female leadership has a slight advantage. Do female leaders really have an advantage?

First of all, women pay more attention to methods, and they are more willing to use cooperative and participatory leadership methods. This is mainly to meet the expectations of peers and subordinates, otherwise they may cause resistance from them.

Second, women are better at change and work harder to build strength to gain the trust and respect of their followers.

They are more willing to delegate, help their subordinates develop their potential, and benefit more people in the organization.

Haggs, the author of "Leadership" believes that leadership pays more attention to influence. The core of influence lies in the mutual penetration between the leader and the audience. It is through the leader's quality, charm and character to influence the subordinates and the audience.

Surround yourself with people and enable them to accomplish the organization's goals voluntarily, happily and excitedly.

Why are there so few female leaders?

Women often underestimate their abilities.

When evaluating their own work, women are more likely to see their own shortcomings and attribute success to the help of others.

Relatively speaking, men take it for granted that achievements are the result of their own efforts, and that success comes from personal talents and abilities.

In terms of external support environment, women still face gender discrimination.

Women are often thought of as emotionally unstable, emotional, and dependent on men to perform difficult tasks.

In the same way of assigning work, the behavior of male leaders is regarded as positive empowerment, while the same behavior of female leaders is regarded as dependence.

Women are often criticized and resisted when their leadership is inconsistent with their gender roles.

Women are believed to be warm, approachable and selfless, but these qualities are considered essential for successful leadership only in specific situations, while masculine traits such as initiative and decisiveness are considered necessary for success.