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With the autocratic male style of leadership, aggression is promoted
This is a preview from the Social Power lesson on the male style of leadership:
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Men more than women tend to adopt a top-down, commanding style of leadership.
And as a general rule, the more autocratic the boss or the CEO is, the more the male style permeates the organization. And the more the male style is necessary to climb hierarchies.
You can see it with Donald Trump.
People who are successful around him are allies who respect the hierarchy and honor the boss (notice how meek vice president Mike Pence is around Trump).
And when the boss is not around, they all have an aggressive, "results-no-matter what" attitude.
See here an example with Mike Pompeo, one of Trump's favorite and most successful allies:
Mike Pompeo: Our adversaries should know this (..) this organization will be more vicious, more aggressive, more inclined to take risks (...)
Pompeo's way of talking is the extremization (caricature?) of the male style. It's all about aggression, domination, risk-taking... And enemies that need to be conquered.
In that environment, a more pro-social and kinder female-style would be seen as weak and ineffective, and it would never reach the top -even when in practice it could be more effective to reach results-.
