5 Mistakes Women Bosses Make - How to Become a Better Manager

When Good Women Make Bad Bosses

By Suzy Welch
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the March 2007 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Difficult leaders come in all genders, but female managers (though blessedly free of the oink factor) fall into their own particular traps. Suzy Welch points out the best ways around them.

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