Working to balance styles. Managers, especially women, need to use their total personalities to be most effective for their organization.

In summary, there are two ways to approach and solve problems and to make decisions. You can use analytical skills, be objective, sensible and logical, or you can use your intuition, be creative, be innovative and imaginative. The most effective position is to have all these skills at hand so you can move back and forth between these two approaches as appropriate to the situation. Women managers are well equipped to bring both kinds of skills to the job, but, ironically, are often afraid to express the more creative side, fearing they will be perceived as "not man enough for the job." In order to get the most effective work from your women managers, you need to choose carefully those who can use both Pink and Blue skills. Then you need to make it clear that you expect and value both.