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Umesh is right, very few people are good at leadership.
Maybe more Drs will be good leaders now that more women than men are becoming Drs, but I doubt it.
If we accept that there a set of qualities that are predominantly held by women and a different set by men then there are likely to be opposite sets that make people poor leaders determined by their sex.
Having been through two leadership courses over my 20 years as a GP I do not believe leadership can be taught. They certainly failed to teach me.
I do believe leadership can be recognised and nurtured but that requires a whole different workforce development plan.
Congratulations to the amazing women on the HSJ list, could we have a similar list for other groups please