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what is required of them, it sets the expectations, every 100 men promoted from entry level to
it defines their roles and responsibilities, and manager, 87 women were promoted. There is
leads into accountability and efficiency. I have a smaller share of women in senior and junior
witnessed team members taking ownership of management roles, despite an increasing number
their responsibilities and taking pride in how they of women entering higher education."
manage their workload. I have seen them sharing
their individual approach to the various tasks Research shows that businesses tend to promote
they manage and taking advice from their team based on confidence, charisma or even personal
members. Structure provides that purpose, clarity relationships. This is also a reason that many
on roles and responsibilities, it demonstrates clear more men serve on corporate boards than women.
objectives and provides expectations on how However, it also shows that team collaboration
tasks should be performed. When the structure is greatly improved by the presence of women
isn't maintained, team efficiency is decreased, in a leadership group. Anita Williams Woolley,
deadlines are missed and heavy workloads become PhD with her colleagues studied working groups
even heavier. With her permission, this is a direct of two to five people and found "the proportion
from a team member. "I feel sorry for our newer of women in a group was strongly related to the
team members because they haven't been able to group's collective intelligence, which is their
experience what it should be like." ability to work together and solve a wide range
of problems. Groups with more women exhibited
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