1. Are Male Leaders Better than
Female Leaders?
A Persuasive Speech by Ashley A. Hayes

2. +Numbers Do Not Lie….
 Forbes Magazine reported in 2014 that in the year 2012
“Women held just 3.8% of Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
positions in Fortune 500 companies, and 90 out of 535 seats in
US Congress.”

3. +
Males in Society
 Men are often more
authoritative by nature.
 Automatically serve as
disciplinarian and breadwinner
in the family.
 Appear unemotional, leaning
toward the logical side of
things.
 Keywords: courage, self-
reliance, rationality,
competitiveness, ambition, risk-
taking.

4. +
Females in Society
 more submissive and can
sometimes take on more
stereotypically ‘masculine’ traits
such as excessive
assertiveness and dominance.
 use their personal
feelings/emotions in relation to
their work, career, and
livelihood.
 Keywords: honesty,
intelligence, compassion and
creativity

5. +
Leadership Styles…
 tell others what to do, give
orders, and make the final
decisions regarding how to act
or what to do.
 characterized by the distribution
of responsibility among the
group members, a desire to
empower all members of the
group, and a willingness to
assist in decision making.
Authoritarian leaders Democratic leaders

6. +
Leadership Styles Cont…
 offers little or no guidance and
allows individuals to make all
decisions themselves, giving
them as much freedom as
possible.
 creates significant change in
the life of people and
organizations.
Laissez Faire Leaders Transformative Leader

7. +
John F. Kennedy
35th President of the United
States
Leadership and
learning are
indispensable
to each other.
John F.
Kennedy

8. + Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life's most persistent
and urgent question is,
'What are you doing for
others?'
Martin Luther King, Jr.

9. +
People can judge me for what I've
done. And I think when somebody's
out in the public eye, that's what
they do. So I'm fully comfortable
with who I am, what I stand for, and
what I've always stood for.
Hillary Clinton

10. +
Gayle Smith
 "Gayle’s energy and passion
have been instrumental in
guiding America’s international
development policy, responding
to a record number of
humanitarian crises worldwide,
and ensuring that development
remains at the forefront of the
national security agenda,"
Obama said in a statement,
urging the Senate to quickly
confirm Smith to the position.

11. +
In Conclusion…