Thankfully that’s all a thing of the past. It’s no longer the done thing to rule your workforce with an iron rod. Barking orders and demanding respect in the 21st century will no longer get the best out of your staff. Times have changed and the way businesses are run have changed also to reflect today’s society. Female businesswomen must use a wide range of skills to get to the top and most important – stay at the top.

She must look to the future and have a vision of where she wants her business to be headed. She must have a plan of new inventive ideas to market her business, looking at original and contemporary ideas for the growth and expansion of the company.

Todays female entrepreneur must take charge, changing the old fashioned stance of a woman sitting back and taking orders. She must prove herself to be strong and independent.

Use some of that well known female intuition and press ahead with ideas you know will work. Go down new avenues. Take a completely fresh approach and don’t be afraid to be creative and imaginative. Open up a whole new market out there!

A woman’s touch is always needed in the workplace. Don’t let your staff feel like just a number. A woman can bring a much needed element of caring and compassion, boosting staff morale and adding that personal touch.

A woman will always overcome any problem! What at first may look an insurmountable challenge may well turn into another golden opportunity.

Knowing what your customer wants and being able to provide it before they turn to your competitors is another skill a woman is well able to master. Again that female intuition comes into play and the personal touch edge a woman can bring is second to none.

Any woman at the top of her career will likely tell you she has had to overcome many challenges to get there and had to work twice as hard as any man in the same position. She will be more than confident in her ability and as a result will be tough and strong in any daunting or demanding challenges.

Todays 21st century businesswoman has well proved herself to be just as capable if not even more so than her male counterparts. She’s come a long way since the olden days of staying at home to rear a family. Today’s career woman knows what it takes to get to the top – and stay there!