HOW TO MANAGE TOUGH WOMEN BOSSES

NOW a days it is a challenge to Manage women bosses.

Women by nature tend to have a comparatively understandable and pleasing approach of management as compared to male bosses. Women have a gradual and progressive approach towards the problems and diversity, they have tremendous comprehensive and verbal aptitude skills; which make them more communicative, they are soft matured and are emotionally attached to people; resulting in good relationship management and team building capabilities. Moreover, women are proved to have more intelligence than men do.

Take the example of Indra Nooyi, the corporate jewel, who 

became the highest-paid chief executive at Pepsi Co, She 

motivates her staff with human touch like helping her 

employees in all possible ways and didn’t mind guiding them 

from boardroom to front office. She always spent time in 

writing thank you letters to spouses and parents of all her 

employees. She always considered employees as her extended family and maintained an open- door policy.

In spite of having many positive characters like discipline, 

straight forwardness, adorable nature that bends and blends 

people with soft communication as compared to men, 

statistical analysis say that it is tough to work with women 

bosses as compared to men. It comes to our surprise to hear 

from even women employees stating that it is easy to work 

with he boss than a she boss.

But, why is this happening? The reasons may be numerous 

such as; Woman may some times feel overburdened with 

responsibilities of the family and work place, and this creates 

a lot of work-life imbalance. This makes them lose control 

over their emotions and they get more intolerant and 

impulsive on very minute things, and see every thing under a 

magnifier, resulting in a hard to predict unconventional 

behavior, making work place a hell for their subordinates. One 

more, thing is the count of women bosses is always very little 

as compared to men. This makes it more difficult for them 

overcome the domination of men to break the glass ceiling, 

always making their position insecure, and this results in their 

tough and coerce behavior. One more things would be, they 

might have worked up to this position striving through many 

obstacles, and they wanted their subordinates to experience 

the same difficulty.

What ever may be the reason for your bosses 

unconventional behavior? You cannot always keep on 

changing your boss, whether it is he or she. So, better know 

how to deal or manage your boss and march ahead in your 

workplace without any friction. It is just a matter of your 

perception to know what type of person your boss is, how 

she likes the things to be done and follow the same pattern. 

This would not only ease up your work but also eases up your 

she-boss from her tough behavior. Don’t get yourself sand-

witched with pressure; find a way out following certain 

formula to please your boss. Here are few tips to encounter 

your aggressive woman boss.

Learn well about your boss and make clear documentation

Be Proactive

Be a good listener and follower

Be Realistic

Be honest and have positive approach

Keep calm and move ahead

It is our way of approach, which breaks or makes the 

relationships. If your boss is too tough on you and yells at 

you, make it a point not to yell back. Instead stay calm and 

cool, have control over your emotions, and never ever have a 

slip tongue. This makes you strong as a person. Always try to 

be growth centered rather than concentrating and getting 

annoyed on unnecessary issues. It is necessary to 

demarcate your radius of control, and be sure not to go 

beyond this.

After trying all the above things and yet you feel it 

inconvenient with your she boss and if you find things getting 

even worse; take a smart move out of the company, before 

getting fired. Many job opportunities are waiting for you 

outside. Good luck for the next job, you get an easy going 

she boss.