The Athena Doctrine is a new book that argues "in a world that’s increasingly social, interdependent and transparent ... feminine values are ascendant."
The authors say feminine values and traits include cooperation, long-term thinking, flexibility, nurturing, wisdom and fairness.
The book is summarized in Feminine Values Can Give Tomorow's Leaders and Edge, an HRB article written by the book's authors.
The authors surveyed 64,000 people across the globe and found:
Two-thirds of survey respondents felt that "The world would be a better place if men thought more like women"
And as the chart below shows, the survey respondents also felt more key leadership traits were feminine as opposed to masculine.
This is quite a shift from the old way of thinking, which is nicely summarized by Rex Harrison in the My Fair Lady movie clip "Why Can't a Women Be More Like A Man":
The rise of women is a well covered trend on this blog and we agree with the world is increasingly favoring feminine traits . See our Women category for more on this topic.
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