Really ? Well, I can tell you that I've had great bosses and lousy bosses, and that includes both men and women. Best boss I had was a lady publican (pub owner). Worst boss I had was a woman who was a Director and in her 18 month tenure, made everyone so miserable that half the workplace left. My current two managers (one female and one male) dosn't understand me, how to relate to me or what is important in my personal or working life, yet I have a male "higher up" boss who is great and another female line manager who takes the effort and time to be interested in me and my work.

It's not "being a man or a woman" that makes you a good boss. It's your personality and character. You can't necessarily say that it's because of gender.

Likewise, men versus women at investing; sometimes you need the Yin-Yang; the male aggression to gear into a market at the right time and the female nuture aspect to grow it and pay down some loans when required.

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Women as managers - there are some good ones (like my boss who ran a pub, she was hard but very fair) but let me tell you about one woman manager that I had who was a complete misandrist. Anytime there was heavy, dirty work to do, it was always "oh, the 'boys' can do that work" and she refused to do it or let any of the female members do it. If something went wrong, it was always "oh, it was a man who must have done that".

Try also her comments about high level, national meetings that were "It was all 'men' sat around talking as they do" and then mentioned a name - "oh, 'that man' " with a look of scorn on her face.

She openly despised the male members of her team. Yeah, great way to endear them to you and get the best from them.

These comments were accepted and she was made allowances for, "because years ago, she had been through a marriage breakup and had to be a single mum". Can you REALLY imagine a man being allowed to get away with comments like that above about women ?!

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