She Business is about understanding the ways in which men and women are different so we can all build the best businesses, lives and communities we can.
Did you know that men and women build networks differently? In general, men build networks around status and power whereas for women it’s about people and connections.
So although social interactions are important to both genders – it’s how they go about executing the activity that’s different.
He is more about who he knows, who they know and where they stand in the business pecking order. He’s inwardly focussed meaning if he’s in a good place he can better deal with the world around him. He likes facts delivered straight, thinks of knowledge as power and therefore it should be protected. So sharing knowledge especially across the community might seem risky and result in him losing his place in the pecking order.
She on the other hand, is more about who she can trust most and the support she can gain. That’s because she’s outwardly focussed and operates when those around her are in a good place. She requires facts with emotion, likes to share, collaborate and listen to others before coming to her own conclusions. Women work on the basis that together we’re stronger than we are on our own.
Neither way is better than the other, they’re just different!
For women having a community of women who think and operate like us, who become trusted advisors, colleagues and friends, is recognition and celebration of our diversity and an important part of our current and future business success.
She Business creates the structure for those relationships to begin, grow and prosper.
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