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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't have a solution, OP, but I find the same thing. I am female and I frequently find women who have achieved higher levels of success are more organized, rule followers, more uptight, etc.

I don't think they could have gotten where they are otherwise. As such, in my experience, they aren't as "easy" to get along with . . . or maybe they just aren't as easy going for fear (perhaps rightly so) of being taken advantage of.
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I think the last bit may have a lot to do with it.  In my many years at a supervisory level, I have seen the same patterns play out over and over again.  No matter how accommodating/forgiving male supervisors are, subordinates still tend to jump to and get their best work done on deadline for them.  But as soon as a female supervisor is at all accommodating, the same subordinates will take that inch and run a mile.  My own personal experience has been that I have to be pretty strict with subordinates until we have a well-established working relationship, and then I can relax with them.[/quote]

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