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"So, who&amp;#x27;s better at the helm of a high-pressure situation: guys or ladies? The Harvard Business Review decided to ask 7,280 business leaders about whether men or women are stronger leaders in the workplace...and I have a feeling you&amp;#x27;re going to like their findings!Recognize this strong leading lady? It&amp;#x27;s Miuccia Prada! She&amp;#x27;s among Forbes&amp;#x27; billionaires&amp;amp;mdash;with Sara Blakely, of course! Here&amp;#x27;s the gist of the findings: Most stereotypes would have us believe that female leaders excel at &amp;quot;nurturing&amp;quot; competencies such as developing others and building relationships, and many might put exhibiting integrity and engaging in self-development in that category as well. And in all four cases our data concurred &amp;amp;#8212; women did score higher than men. But the women&amp;#x27;s advantages were not at all confined to traditionally women&amp;#x27;s strengths. In fact at every level, more women were rated by their peers, their bosses, their direct reports, and their other associates as better overall leaders than their male counterparts &amp;amp;#8212; and the higher the level, the wider that gap grows. Guess where women outscored men the most? Taking initiative and driving for results, which &amp;quot;have long been thought of as particularly male strengths.&amp;quot; I&amp;#x27;m loving this. Check out the chart with the complete, easy-to-read stats&amp;amp;mdash;the proof is in the numbers! For me, these findings are particularly exciting, because I&amp;#x27;ve always had a natural inclination to lead, and I&amp;#x27;m excited to think about women being respected in leadership positions on the whole. Plus, I&amp;#x27;m surrounded by the most incredibly strong, dynamic team of women here at Glamour that I see the evidence in action daily! One of the other things I found interesting from the study was the guesses people had as to why women ranked higher; the anecdotes seemed to imply that women worked harder to make sure to secure their positions, or be especially impressive, perhaps because they didn&amp;#x27;t feel 100 percent safe in their appointments. I&amp;#x27;m still trying to figure out if there&amp;#x27;s something to that&amp;amp;mdash;what do you think? I&amp;#x27;d like to think we&amp;#x27;re not worried about our job security, just because we&amp;#x27;re ladies (though societal structure doesn&amp;#x27;t make the notion seem so far-fetched, does it?). Let&amp;#x27;s chat leadership: Do these findings surprise you or not? Are you a natural leader? What&amp;#x27;s your biggest strength at the head of the pack? Photo: Montrose Archive"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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