Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership

Author Melissa Greenwell interviewed many top business executives while doing research for her new book, Money on the Table . When she asked them to list characteristics of their best leaders, those who work well as a team, collaborative was almost always first and foremost. The full list is: Collaborative Good listener Asks thorough questions and seeks new information or is curious and innovative Risk take Sense of urgency or takes action Subject matter experts Not afraid to challenge Participatory Intuitive Wants or seeks feedback Empathetic Respectful

"While the global population is largely gender balanced, men hold eighty-five percent of senior leadership positions in public companies," states Melissa Greenwell , author of the new book, Money on the Table: How to Increase Profits Through Gender-balanced Leadership . Furthermore, Greenwell shares that at the current rate of change, most readers of her book this year will be dead before gender balance hits fifty percent. And, the fact of the matter is, explains Greenwell, "Hardwiring in the brain is different for men and women. The physical differences are associated with natural tendencies in thinking, communicating, and problem-solving that are all needed in business. Men and women demonstrate these traits in varying degrees. S uccessful organizations have leaders who exhibit the characteristics of both genders ." Melissa Greenwell "You are leaving money on the table and forfeiting your strategic advantage if you don't have women well repr...