(NEW YORK POST) 14 January 2008:

There’s a general belief that men and women approach work and problem solving differently. Some men approach work with the ego, using prowess to define and advance their place in the hierarchy. Some women approach work and problem solving in a more communicative manner, as part of the team. This is rather “Men are from Mars, Women from Venus” and while the sterotypes are a useful generalization, they don’t in fact hold in each and every case.

One woman who has been a boss in both male and female dominated environments puts it rather differently. There are procrastinators and there are doers: and there are male and female versions of both.