Question

The VP of human resources wants to make the case for hiring and promoting more female managers. She has heard about the "female advantage" and asks you, "How could this support my position?"
A. Because girls tend to have few leadership opportunities in school, they are hungrier for power than men by the time they reach the workforce.
B. Women are inherently stronger contributors in small, more intimate organizations than in large, more impersonal corporations.
C. Because some women have the capacity to be seductive, they can climb the career ladder faster than equally qualified men.
D. As workplaces become more collaborative, women’s tendency to have high verbal skills and relationship skills can make them strong managers.

Answer 1

Answer:

D. As workplaces become more collaborative, women’s tendency to have high verbal skills and relationship skills can make them strong managers.

Explanation:

The workplace, especially managerial positions, is still substantially assumed by men, but there is a strong trend in the vision of women's ability to lead, as organizations and the work environment are becoming increasingly flexible in relation to social dynamics and multicultural. Globalization and competitiveness induce companies to be more open to negotiation, assertive leadership and to a collaborative and development-oriented workplace, which women can exercise more appropriately according to some characteristics inherent to women, such as the ability to have more empathy, greater verbal and relationship-building skills, which can make women leaders effective in a highly competitive environment.