Motivation Skills of Women vs. Men

It’s just like “he said, she said”. Men and women both interpret and give information differently. This translates into different motivations. To begin, let’s take a look at men and women and how they give information. Keep in mind that not all men and women will fit into these categories. The most important thing to keep in mind when motivating your employees is to get to know their personalities and what their personal goals are. When you understand who you are working with, and what they want from their job, your employee retention increases. However, studies show that there are many obvious differences in gender and how they react to different situations. Understanding this information can help you when planning to motivate your team. Once you get past the gender differences, you can better understand how to motivate your employees and have a more productive office. Let’s take a stereotypical look at men vs. women in the workplace:

1. Men tend to like power, control and strength.
2. Women are more emotionally driven.
3. A man tends to jump in when he comes face to face with an issue and take over. He will deal with it then and there and get it over with.
4. A woman asks questions first, make sure she understands the task, and then completes it to perfection.
5. Men like to work alone.
6. Women prefer to help each other.

Women vs. Men in Sports

Why don't women perform as well at sports as men do? Is it because women are not as strong as men are? Although it is commonly believed that women are not as skilled at sports as men are due to their lack of muscle strength, a recent study suggests that there may be other factors involved. The study points out those myths about the female body were quite common until fairly lately. In fact, it is only within the last 300 years that anatomists have begun to stress the differences between the male and female body. Until this time, the female body was simply viewed as a weaker, less efficient, form of the male body. Because of these views on the female body, women were actively warned by their physicians not to engage in exercise, because their bodies were too weak to handle it. Men, on the other hand, have been actively exercising and engaging in sports for about as long as men have existed. Women have had a lot of ground to cover to make up for lost time, but they are accomplishing this admirably. Women's best marathon times are about 10 minutes behind men's. However, records for women have only been kept since 1964. The best times for men have improved by a yearly increment of 66 seconds, whereas the best times for women have improved by a yearly increment of 2 minutes and 47 seconds. It would seem as though women are racing to catch up with the men.