ISR polled 2,157 male senior leaders and 731 female senior leaders in 11 multinational firms in various industries and found that the factors that engage senior organizational leaders differ by gender.

The top engagement driver for both genders is knowing that the leadership was effective – 24% of female leaders and 26% of male leaders responded accordingly.

However, they found that female senior leaders are more concerned about “how business success is accomplished,” while their male counterparts show more concern with “personal advancement” (Hold your laughter).

Priorities differed among the other top engagement factors surveyed as well.

For female senior leaders, other top engagement drivers are the quality of relationships in the workplace, organizational support for empowerment, career growth opportunities, the quality of supervision and customer focus.

Male senior leaders were most engaged by opportunities to grow their careers, supervisory quality, rewards and the strategic direction of the organization.

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