单项选择题

Women Lead Differently

Recently, I was asked by my boss to form a small group to work on a project. As the first meeting drew near, I found myself thinking hard about, no, not the topics that would be discussed, but what type of food we should eat. The meeting was to be held during the lunch hour and, given these cost-cutting times, there was no budget for lunch.
But I thought it would be nice to have some snacks, and I spent quite a bit of time-at work and even in bed at night-tossing ideas in my head.
When my boss gave me the assignment, I’m sure he didn’t foresee me exercising my brain cells over something as trivial as food. I mean, if it were a man, his mind would have been focused, strictly, on the task at hand.
But food and women bosses almost always come together. In my many years of working life, I’ve had my share of female bosses who were always bringing food to the office, urging everyone to gather round and eat.
Conditioned by thousands of years of the woman as homemaker and preparer of family meals, the modern working woman still can’t help but regard food as a means of bonding and creating goodwill. So, in the office, women use food as a form of celebration, a sign of thanks and a way of saying sorry. As an employee, I’ve always welcomed the food, of course, but I’ve sometimes questioned the motives. Is she trying to buy my acceptance and to get me to like her Does she think I’ll overlook her professional shortcomings just because she’s offering me free cake
Now that I’m what is termed a"supervisor", I realize that I’m doing exactly what my previous women bosses did. And, I wonder, what are my colleagues thinking
The workplace is a ruthless and hostile world. It has also been the natural habitat of men, who are taught from an early age to value power and achievement. When women, who generally place more value on the "softer" aspects of life, like communication and relationships, enter this world, many are filled with fear. This is even more the case when they reach positions of power where they can influence what goes on around them.
They are always asking themselves questions which don’t even appear in the minds of men.
How can you be assertive and not aggressive How do you pursue your inclination towards creating a pleasant, stress-free work environment and not be taken for granted or bullied Most of all, how do you assert your authority over men and not hurt their egos How do you tell off someone who is old enough to be your father It’s not an easy path to tread, and I don’t know of many female bosses who have succeeded and who have avoided earning a bad reputation.
I asked a few colleagues—men and women—what they thought of female bosses and this was the consensus:
They like to be liked; they are welfare-oriented; they are demanding; they are unpredictable; they are insecure; they have a harder time dealing with fellow women. All relationships, though, boil down to chemistry ultimately. They are dependent on the person, not the gender.
When I think of my favorite bosses, past and present, I realize I judge them not only by how competent they are, but, more importantly, also what they are like as human beings.
I know I will make efforts for those who have been decent, fair, good and kind to me. At the end of the day, those attributes, I think, are really what matter in a boss, man or woman.

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