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 Article: Leadership
and the Sexes reviewed in Publisher's Weekly, August 2008.
LEADERSHIP
AND THE SEXES: USING GENDER SCIENCE TO CREATE SUCCESS IN BUSINESS - Michael
Gurian with Barbara Annis. Jossey-Bass, $27.95 (272p) ISBN
978-0-7879-9703-8. To learn more about the book please
click here.
Using
a hefty helping of neurobiology, corporate moguls Gurian and Annis
illustrate how brain chemistry influences gender and how gender in turn
powerfully affects every aspect of workplace behavior. The authors
contend that corporations attentive to gender and behavior can enhance
their performance, competitive edge and bottom line. The authors
discuss how men and women wield leadership, bond, regard and execute
authority and approach management and conflict resolution
skills—applying their findings on male/female brain differences to
account for the variations in behavior. Though they tackle the big
questions—for instance, do women have to become men to get ahead?—they
are at their best when at their most practical, using step-by-step
instructions, exercises and simply worded “GenderTools” to teach men
and women to understand each other in meetings and on the golf course.
Though a front-loaded density of neuroscience may deter the casual
browser, readers with a genuine interest and a desire to improve
workplace gender relations will do well with this pragmatic and
well-intentioned guide. (Aug.)
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