Leadership and the Sexes: Using Gender Science to Create Success in Business »

Michael Gurian is a thought-leader, corporate consultant, family therapist, and the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-five books, including Leading Partners, The Wonder of Girls, Boys and Girls Learn Differently!, The Wonder of Boys, and The Minds of Boys.'The co-founder of the Gurian Institute, he has spearheaded a national effort to provide communities and corporations with training in brain-based gender issues.?

Barbara Annis is a thought-leader, corporate consultant on gender intelligence and inclusive leadership, CEO of Barbara Annis & Associates, and author of Same Words, Different Language. She has more than twenty years' experience as a specialist in gender issues in the workplace. Annis and her associates have delivered large-scale corporate projects on leadership, gender intelligence, and diversity. She also serves on the Harvard KSG Women's Leadership Board.

Leadership and the Sexes

Each of us enters the workplace not only as a human being, but as a woman or a man.?Leadership and the Sexes links the actual science of male/female brain differences to every aspect of business. Written by the New York Times bestselling author and gender expert Michael Gurian and acclaimed workplace gender consultant Barbara Annis, this groundbreaking book weaves brain science and gender studies with real-life examples from business leaders to provide a new vision of gender diversity.

Leadership and the Sexes presents brain science tools with which readers can look into the brains of men and women to understand themselves and one another. The book also provides five GenderTools, which can be used immediately in executive, management, design, and marketing teams. The gender science presented in this book has been used successfully by such diverse corporations as IBM, Nissan, Proctor & Gamble, Deloitte & Touche, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Brooks Sports, and many others. This gender science helps leaders increase their organization's competitive edge, profits, and bottom line by:

• Increasing gender intelligence betweenmen and women
• Discovering new ways to supervise, negotiate, and manage
• Revising male/female relationships to meet the demands of the global economy
• Understanding how to utilize gender science to sell and market products and services

The corporation that utilizes the authentic differences between men and women is the organization that discovers significant competitive advantage. The company or firm that helps women and men understand each other discovers maximum success.

Publishers Weekly

Using a hefty helping of neurobiology, corporate moguls Gurian and Annis illustrate how brain chemistry influences gender and how gender in turn powerfully affects every aspect of workplace behavior. The authors contend that corporations attentive to gender and behavior can enhance their performance, competitive edge and bottom line. The authors discuss how men and women wield leadership, bond, regard and execute authority and approach management and conflict resolution skills-applying their findings on male/female brain differences to account for the variations in behavior. Though they tackle the big questions-for instance, do women have to become men to get ahead?-they are at their best when at their most practical, using step-by-step instructions, exercises and simply worded "GenderTools" to teach men and women to understand each other in meetings and on the golf course. Though a front-loaded density of neuroscience may deter the casual browser, readers with a genuine interest and a desire to improve workplace gender relations will do well with this pragmatic and well-intentioned guide. (Aug.)

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Introduction How Gender Intelligence Leads to Balanced, Authentic Leadership

Pt. 1 The Theory: Gender Intelligence - The Natural Differences Between Men and Women

1 Understanding the Science of Gender 3

2 Understanding How the Male and Female Brain Work Differently 25

3 Understanding How Men and Women Lead Differently 56

Pt. 2 The Tools: Putting Gender Intelligence to Work Immediately 79

4 Gendertool 1: Improving Your Negotiation Skills With Both Genders 81

5 Gendertool 2: Running a Gender-Balanced Meeting 91

6 Gendertool 3: Improving Your Communication Skills With Women and Men 100

7 Gendertool 4: Improving Your Conflict Resolution Skills With Men and Women 113

Pt. 3 The Applications: Ensuring Gender-Balanced Leadership in the Long Term 123

8 Helping Women: Retaining, Motivating, and Working With Female Talent 125

9 Helping Men: Recognizing Men's Leadership Strengths and Solving Issues Men Face 153

10 Gendertool 5: Practicing Gender-Intelligent Mentoring and Coaching in Your Corporation 179

Epilogue: The Future of Gender 199

Notes and Resources 201

Appendix: Gender/Brain Spectrum Surveys for Men and Women 215

Index 227