The Leadership challenges amongst women managers: An Investigation

―Women must live up to collective expectations of what makes a leader, while at the same time remaining true to certain gender expectations ―Over the centuries, femininity has been stereotyped as dependent, submissive and conforming, and hence women have been seen as lacking in leadership qualities ....The male bias is reflected in the false conception of leadership as mere command or control. As leadership comes properly to be seen as a process of leaders engaging and mobilizing the human needs of followers, women will be more readily recognized as leaders and men will change their own leadership styles (Burns, 1978,). As women symbolize over half of the worldwide talent pool, it is clear to us that they should be at the spearhead of the economic and social scene, not just out of a sense of fairness, but to ensure that the most prominent minds, men‘s and women‘s, analogous, are brought together to address the challenges that our societies face. Achieving equality for women in corporations, at all levels, is a long and demanding journey, which requires the implication of the whole company and the strong commitment of the top management. This paper, The Leadership Challenges amongst Women Managers provides an insight to understanding the continued absence of women from leadership roles. Indeed, this study also makes an attempt to suggest that how women talent can be used as a competitive edge to address the global challenges that corporations will face in the near future.