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In Scotland, a number of dynamic women are making their mark. Recent years have seen Eilish Angiolini appointed solicitor general to spearhead reform of the nation's prosecution service, Joan Stringer made Scotland's first university principal, and a number of female entre-preneurs driving prosperous firms.

Ann Rushforth, who set up nursing agency Scotnursing, said the results of the survey reflected her own experience.

She felt that while women managers may make the same decisions as men, they could be better at explaining to staff why they have chosen a particular path, therefore leaving a better impression.

Once a staff nurse herself, she said: "The skills women have in more abundance are people skills and communicating and being able to do a lot of things at one time."

Gordon Fairbrother, senior director of business banking customer relations UK with the Bank of Scotland, was equally unsurprised by the survey.

He admitted men dominated the financial sector, but said: "Of the female managers that I do know, they tend to perform very well. They tend to be able to cope with more things at the one time."

They were also more aware of the pressures on those working for them, he believed.

THE FUTURE IS FEMININE: SURVEY TELLS MEN: BE MORE LIKE WOMEN AT WORK