My son is 16, could be better organised and sounds very similar to Marianne Kavanagh’s son as described in the Telegraph this weekend. When the family taxi service (usually me) is waiting for his ‘come and get me’ instructions things can go wrong, get misunderstood or get very worrying…

Whereas, were he a girl, he’d have more empathy allegedly, know what information to tell me to stop me worrying and so he’d be more likely to get his way. In general girls are considered to be better organised than boys.

On the other hand, boys like taking risks and asserting their own independence in different ways, hence the absense of reassuring communications, author Nicola Morgan believes.

Marianne suggests that there might be a different agenda here altogether whereby boys (and men imho) are actively grooming women to become the organisers in their lives (without women realising this ;-() whilst they continue to do what they like best, without worrying about the perceived ‘trivia’ of who, what and where goes on in their social lives.

I am sure this often ‘evolves’ in business too. When it has to do with people ie employing staff for example, women are more in evidence in the area of Human Resources and Personnel than men, although I would hesitate before suggesting that this makes them any better than men. And similarly, whilst some women like getting their hands dirty and fixing things, they are the exception to the rule – this is normally male territory.

And is it always the boss that takes the lead in gender business relationships I wonder? For example, is it men who ‘organise’ female friendly businesses or women along their side?

To me FOXY approved female friendly garages and dealerships are the perfect business compromise in that they commit to a female friendly promise and where, unsurprisingly, you’ll often find male and female employees working together – helping each other play to their commercial strengths to all-round mutual gain.

And an increasing number of women entrepreneurs are setting up their own garage businesses to cater for female and male motorists. You can expect these businesses to be different from 100% male environments and naturally more female friendly as a result. Including male staff of course, because we must keep men happy too.

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