Women Rising in Corporate Ranks

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Catherine Lemire, a manager at Bain & Company in Toronto disagrees."I am convinced there is a significant gap in management capabilities between men and women," she said. "What is key to being a good manager in business includes the ability to prioritize work, taking an objective and logical approach to solving issues or problems, facilitating teamwork and using leadership skills to get the very best out of the people in your organization."

Women manage to be best at the office

Staff rate female executives higher than the males by HELEN PUTTICK

It is the news that the David Brents of office life have secretly been dreading - women make better managers than men.

A ground-breaking survey of 2000 UK workers found female managers were more highly regarded than their male counterparts in a wide range of areas - including taking risks and decision-making.

Out of 14 new criteria for measuring managerial success, women were rated better at men in 11 and equal to men in the remaining three.

Male middle managers felt the opposite sex was significantly more effective at taking charge than their own.

High-flying men and women around Scotland yesterday admitted the survey confirmed their own instincts - although men in particular were reluctant to say so in public.