Women vs. Men in business

We know that women in business are different then men in business, but how different are different and have to be really a bad thing?

Men control the business world, men occupy higher positions and more influential than women, and men are paid more. So why do women even bother? I am a woman and I am in business, and do not worry or even think about what men hold positions, or what they do. In business my greatest concerns is how to do business well, be incredibly successful, but also to live life on my terms. Do not get me wrong I'm competitive, but the race starts with me and moved to companies that are at my place on the market.

In sport, if you're a basketball player you audition for the football team? You are both athletes but football and basketball are very different and not have to be good at one to be good at other things. So, why a woman seeks to be a man, what you have to do with others? The competition is not between men and women is between your company and competitor.

The author of "What men do not tell women business," Chris Flett, believes that women are missing the boat by successful entrepreneurs not to study, learn from them, and conform to them. Mr. Flett recently appeared on Donny Deutsch The Big Idea to connect his new book and take some pretty opinionated women. I saw the episode and I must say that Flett did not do too well, in fact there were moments when it seemed even scared. So much for the "alpha male" dominates the "submissive female"!

The biggest problem is that he has Flett is naive, which makes it seem condescending. I'm giving the benefit of the doubt here, he himself could only be incompetent or worse than a pompous ass, but let's just go with good intentions, in a clumsy sort of way. Flett portrays women as being weak in every way possible, but the demographic that targets are those women who have had the strength to get where I am now and just need help to get the next level. News flash Chris wrote this book for women to learn from and still do not know women at all true?

Chris has contributed to The Big Idea Blog after the show and there are some points that I find so interesting to look at them and discuss ... is not it?



When a woman says: "We are against them, I do not need to know what people think," you know that at some point in his past, was excluded from the conversation and is not happy.

How to think like a man? I personally would not do business as a war, where there is war there is turmoil and a lot of victims, I'm not trying to be in my company. I also do not need to know what men think, I need to know what they think successful entrepreneurs, and then I need to integrate this into who they are and how to do things.



One guest said he could not "get into the board room left to form his own company." Knowledge as we have discussed today is only available in the board room, but some are so furious about past experiences that they ignore and refuse to listen to what is offered.

Chris, Chris, Chris - you make this sound like a bad thing! A woman who chooses to create his own successful company, rather than trying to do someone else's terms is a source of inspiration is not weak. If I did not want in the boardroom, then you are damn right I am about to create my own. Work on your weaknesses but play to your strengths, that's how you win the game. Chris you have had this same opinion of Steve Jobs when it was heard in the boardroom of Apple and went right in 1986? I do not think so.

There is an area I agree with Mr. Chris Flett and that knowledge is power, you should keep you educated, informed, and not be afraid to learn from others, be they men or women. I'm not interested in reading this book and not that he does some good points, but rather that there are other books out there that would provide more value to me.

People who choose to learn from, and business acumen to include in your business must be done on the basis of sector, style, business, and ultimately, your goals. I will say Flett seems to spread his innocence beyond the female and the corporate domain, implying that all boards are the same. Fortunately, all the men / women are not created equal, Warren Buffet and Donald Trump are two men with great success, but I bet they are very different in the boardroom. Martha Stewart, Susie Orman, Oprah and all women of great success and how you think I'm in the boardroom?

I know I could learn from all five individuals, but what I would choose to take from each would be dependent on who I am and what I want. Business is not about conformity, is an inspiration, innovation and just getting out there and do it. Mentors are important, but are intended to be learned from non-cloned. So, by all means go out there and learn from others, there is no reason to reinvent the wheel, but do not forget who you are in the process .......