Feature | BM
Dealing with
Lady Boss
Beauty may be dangerous but intelligence is lethal
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Working for a woman or female boss is different from working for a male boss. Men often feel intimidated by female bosses because they speak a different language and men often get scared that they might say the wrong thing or say the correct thing in the wrong way. A few qualities that women value as a boss is the ability to listen well, teamwork, communicate well with people. People often misunderstand that working with females will be easy, especially for a female boss. Even workers think that way, they think that they can become
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buddies with the boss of their own gender- this is an unrealistic expectation and the relationship can never be perfect because of the same gender. The working relations based on such unrealistic expectations don't last long. As per a survey, more than two-thirds of people surveyed prefer having a male boss as compared to onethird who would like to have a female as their boss. So what is it that makes the workers like a male boss more and how to handle a female boss, someone who is not conventional and doesn't follow the set rules of leadership?
