Women in Leadership: Is the female of the species more human than the male?

In recent years, we’ve seen an increase – some might say long overdue – in women entering top positions, bringing a new approach to leadership and complex business situations in a world full of challenge and antagonism. But with a female PM guiding a post-referendum country, a woman coming close to the top job in the USA and more female CEOs on the world stage, has leadership changed in response?

Many believe that men and women lead differently, focusing on different skills and approaches. But is this down to gender, or to a change triggered by necessity when the world has changed and the way we lead must adapt to suit? One area in which people believe women lead differently is in their ‘humanity’ – their ‘soft skills’ approach to managing business.