Teamwork & Mixed Leadership: Do women lead better?

Men tend to overestimate their own abilities. At the same time, they underestimate the abilities of others. And miss the opportunity for cooperation. Women, on the other hand, often rely less on their own abilities than on their environment.

Women prefer teamwork

To be cooperative is clearly a female characteristic. This is confirmed by John Gerzema and Michael D'Antonio in their book “The Athena Doctrine”. 32.000 people in 13 countries around the world should rate 125 characteristics as male, female or neutral.

To be cooperative was unambiguously classified as a female virtue. Other studies also show that women prefer to work in teams, while most men prefer self-responsibility

The ideal modern leader is cooperative

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The study by the authors mentioned above also shows that being cooperative is one of the ten most important character strengths of a contemporary manager. have male Executives obsolete now? Certainly not.

Rather, this is a strong sign Companyswhich working environment both men and women want and which behaviors leaders need to focus on.

The inner attitude

Cooperation begins with the inner attitude. The reasons why women prefer co-operation with the competition are valuable indications. Women naturally assume that, in a co-operative environment, their results are enhanced by working together with others.

To what extent this is materially worthwhile for them is of secondary importance. The reality spiegelt that: women are in the non-profit sector clear overrepresented and in finance leading position large companies underrepresented.

Even men cooperate ... if it is worthwhile (for them)!

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In one experiment, those involved were allowed to choose whether to use the Team or want to work alone. Significantly more women than men opted for that Teamwork.

In the next step there was a reward for excellent teamwork. When the number increased to ten percent, so many men decided for the team as well as for women.

Balance

Um successfully In order to cooperate, we must cultivate the basic attitude that the contributions of all team members are equally important: our own and those of others.

In doing so, we should not fall into the trap of expert belief. Even the fresh or unconventional perspective of a newcomer or a non-specialist can reveal pitfalls and new ones creativity kindle.

Check your posture in 2 steps

1. Do you tend to put your light under the bushels and share your ideas very late or not at all?
2. Or do you basically assume that you have the right or better solution and place it at the center of communication?

The multiperspectival view helps

Without immediately looking at the outcome, it is easier to save time and awareness zu invest. Finding the right balance here influences the attitude to what extent cooperation is worthwhile.

Once we understand that a multi-perspective view is more compatible and sustained leads to better decisions, we stop considering the benefits of cooperation in purely material terms.

Openness and clear language

Cooperations are particularly successful when

• Objectives and expectations of stakeholders are clearly defined at an early stage,
• developed a common vision and
• is evaluated at regular intervals to determine whether the cooperation still meets these agreements.

If this is not the case, this divergence must be addressed in order to overcome conflicts arising from this and to put cooperation back on track.

men and women

Being cooperative not only creates a better working atmosphere. Cooperation is the breeding ground for creativity and Innovation.

Only through the cooperative cooperation of all participants can the increasingly complex tasks be successfully mastered. It can succeed in the bundling of both female and male skills.

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