Women Lacking Vision.

My mate Natto might be interested in this, as one of his Professors actually conducted this latest research. (ps. I'm only on a BNet subscription because I wanted a free excel pdf shortcut sheet, dagnabbit!)

Women in business are perceived as not being as "visionary" as their male counterparts. However, one of the biggest limitations of this research is the lack of definition of what constitutes 'vision'. That is, if you can actually call Business School research-actual research.

The suggested remedy to this purported lack of vision is: start networking in a way that gives them a broader vision of the future… The way you envision the future is by being out there and trying to understand trends in the industry, in society and talking to people. That is pretty much one of the most redundant solutions I've ever heard. How would a woman even become a top dog in the first place? By NOT being an overachieving networker? Der.

The comments section is pretty interesting, I particularly like this comment (definitely from a man), When women describe their vision -- men hear nagging.

What does she want now? A streamlined product development process? An energized sales force? An improved mentoring program? Will she never be happy?

I think women are perceived as not visionary, however, that would not be particularly true. Even if it were true, that would have more to do with either, trying to keep everyone happy (and not being as competitive in some cases) or else womens general dislike for high risk.

A recent study showed that women are basically more bitchy than men (yes, they had to do a scientific study to prove this). This means, more women will view other women negatively, hence the probable source of this outcome. If you have a visionary, leader type of women, there would be not only resentment from men (who would want to be in that position and would resent a woman being in that position), but definitely from the other women who are just plainly jealous. Apparently, that is a natural persuasion that will always exist.