Way Women Lead

Abstract

Women managers who have broken the glass ceiling in medium-sized, nontraditional organizations have proven that effective leaders don't come from one mold. They have demonstrated that using the command-and-control style of managing others, a style generally associated with men in large, traditional organizations, is not the only way to succeed. The first female executives, because they were breaking new ground, adhered to many of the "rules of conduct" that spelled success for men. Now a DRAWING BY MAXtNE 8OLL second wave of women is making its way into top management, not by adopting the style and habits that have proved successful for men but by drawing on the skills and attitudes they developed from their shared experience as women. These second-fudy B.