When John Gray wrote Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, he started a wave of books and articles on genders differences. However, sometimes men and women behave differently in the workplace, sometimes they don't.
Lucy Kellaway wrote in the Financial Times:
The correct praise dosage is gender dependent, as it is with alcohol. Men tend to take all praise at face value and so are sustained by less. Women reject half the praise as being insincere or misdirected or offensive and so need more to get by on.
Do you agree? Why or why not?
Read Kellaway's entire article here: Kudos to Bosses Who Use Praise Wisely
2 comments:
Hi,
Thanks for sharing the article - it's quite interesting! I didn't realize that one had to consider gender in providing feedback and/or communicate.
I think it should be simpler than that. We have this issue because the manager hasn't established the right level of trust, transparency in the relationship. This is the manager's responsibility - it can be done through understanding one's own management style and being consistent with it (aka "authentic").
Thanks,
Lui -
Great insight! When the manager hasn't established trust, the employee wonders why they're saying what they're saying. Praise cannot be effective.
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