Comment on the comments below 100 words for your initial post and respond in at least 50 words to at least three other posts. "The data used to derive most leadership theories and recommendations was collected by male researchers from male leaders, and it was analyzed and interpreted by mostly male scientists." "And even in terms of effectiveness, men and women are pretty similar. At least the most recent meta-analysis on the topic says, there's not a difference in effectiveness. And if there is a small difference in recent years, it actually favors women - that women are somewhat more effective than men." "Women's motivation for leadership doesn't tend to be one that's about having power over other people