Leadership and the Sexes: Using Gender Science to Create Success...

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 272 pages
• Published by: Jossey-Bass August 25, 2008
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 078799703X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0787997038
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
• Weighs: 11.2 ounces

From Publishers Weekly
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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Product Review
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.) (PublishersWeekly.com, June 23, 2008)

Reader Reviews
Finally, a practical book about how to work best with the opposite sex--at work! Michael Gurian brings his best thinking about gender differences and the brain to the corporate conference room. This book is full of insights about how and why men and women "work differently," and it is chock full of ideas about how individual leaders, managers--as well as the teams they lead--can understand these differences and use them to grow bigger, better, more effective organizations.