10/26/2005

Running a Business Like a Girl

Being a girl isn't as bad as it used to be. Elizabeth Cogswell Baskin tells of the advantages of running a business and being female. She says that women have natural tendancies to go with their gut instincts. In doing so, they usually hire the better person for the job, because they don't go souly on resume's, they take the interview into account alot more than men. By going with their gut instincts they usually end up hiring the better employee. After dediding on a decision, they back it up with the facts and figures they need, and it usually ends up being a pretty good choice. I agree with Elizabeth on this one. Men tend to look only at the numbers and what looks the best on paper, but by letting yourself see into the whole picture, as women often do, the end result could end up benefiting you, and getting you that promotion you've been hoping for.

1 comment:

Dr. Tufte said...

-2 on Alex's post for multiple spelling and grammatical errors.

This whole thread is related to the big stink at Harvard last winter about the number of women in "hard" sciences.

The point that the president of Harvard was trying to make, and which is supported by a ton of data is that in most areas women are better on average than men, but that men tend to have more extreme qualities at both ends of the spectrum.

This implies for this sort of issue that men (as a group) are likely to produce both a majority of the best managers, and also a majority of the worst ones. But, in the vast middle range women are more likely to be better.