Feminine leadership style is characterised by empathy, collaboration, and intuition while masculine leadership style is characterised by competition, control, and power. While both styles can be successful in achieving goals, they tend to differ in how they approach and solve problems.

Why do companies with greater gender diversity do better? Could it be that leaders of those companies appreciate and leverage both “masculine” and “feminine” approaches to work? Could outcomes be better because they are products of a balance of the two? Could this result in greater engagement and retention of women?

Both masculine and feminine approaches have strengths and limitations. When an organization is dominated by either masculine or feminine approaches, there is a risk that the downsides of that approach will emerge. With a balance of masculine and feminine approaches, the organization gets more of the strengths and less of the downsides of each. And there is more likely to be a balance with both men and women at the top.

Today in Women Lead Nadia & Tiana discuss all this and more sharing their personal stories and own management styles, as well as provide a few book recommendations!

Further Reading:
M vs F Management Styles
A Balance of Leadership Styles
Nadia's Book Rec 1. When Women Lead
Nadia's Book Rec. 2. Shatki Leadership

Tiana's Book Rec 1. Radical Candor
Tiana's Book Rec 2. Radical Acceptance

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Women who have had a mentor in the workplace keep their jobs longer and are five times more likely to be promoted.

In this episode of Women Lead Nadia & Tiana talk all things mentorship. What it means to be a mentor/mentee, how do you become or find one. And what are the benefits and advantages to both parties.

They also discuss how a company structured mentorship program works, how to get the best out of it, and how to get one started at your company. 


Top 3 tips for Mentors 

1. Ask your mentee what they expect to get out of mentoring
2. Set up an agreed upon appointment schedule - monthly, bi-weekly, bi-monthly and stick to it
3. Listen listen listen - get under what your mentor is really looking for advice or guidance on

Top 3 tips for Mentees

1. Being Proactive
2. Come prepared to your mentor meeting
3. Provide feedback to your mentor to let them know how their advice worked

Also, What the hell is Pickelball?

Produced and Hosted by Nadia Koski
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Project Lead Dennis Kirschner

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Women who strongly agree they have a best friend at work are more than twice as likely to be engaged (63%) compared with the women who say otherwise (29%).

To celebrate International Women's day, Nadia Koski and Tiana Madera join forces to discuss what it means to be a female leader in the modern workplace.

In this episode they get into the difference between equity and equality, why it's important to have female leadership to look up to in your workplace, and the important of genuine friendships at work and how you can break the ice and nurture them into the future.

Equality means each individual or group of people is given the same resources or opportunities.

Equity recognizes that each person has different circumstances, and allocates the exact resources and opportunities needed to reach an equal outcome.

Further Reading:
International Women's Day
Equality vs Equity
Jane Fonda & Lily Tomin Interview
Why we need best friends at work
Get yourself a work-wife

Produced and Hosted by Nadia Koski
Engineered by Phil McDowell
Project Lead Dennis Kirschner

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