Becker's Hospital Review

39 WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP Male CEOs are learning to lead with 'female' traits By Georgina Gonzalez T he pandemic encouraged leaders to be more vul- nerable with their staff, showing more empathy and transparency, traits that female leaders have often already been employing, Fortune reported April 28. The role of the CEO has been altered by the pandem- ic, with far more leaders now leaning in to being more approachable and prioritizing supporting the emotional needs and wellbeing of employees. However, this more open leadership style was already being employed by fe- male executives. A Korn Ferry 2016 report showed that female executives are 86 percent more likely to consistently use their emotional self-awareness skills and 45 percent more likely to demon- strate empathy compared to their male counterparts. An increase in supportive leadership, paired with a more open dialogue about employees' personal lives, aided in part by video conferencing and remote working, means that vulnerability is being embraced throughout multiple levels of organizations. More CEOs are also embracing those "female" traits of emotional intelligence and em- pathy to keep their workforce happy and productive. n Percentage of women in 29 specialties By Kelly Gooch P ediatrics has the highest percentage of female physicians com- pared to other specialties, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report 2022." For the report, Medscape collected responses from more than 13,000 physicians across 29 specialties. Data was collected between Oct. 5, 2021, and Jan. 19, 2022. Among specialties, family medicine, internal medicine, oncology and critical care have experienced a notable increase in the percentage of female physicians since Medscape's 2016 report, the organization said. e report that year showed 36 percent of family physicians, 31 per- cent of internists, 26 percent of oncologists and 25 percent of critical care physicians were women. e percentage of female physicians in general surgery has stayed about the same, Medscape said. Below are specialties ranked by percentage of women, according to the 2022 report. Note: e list includes ties. 1. Pediatrics: 58 percent 2. OB-GYN: 57 percent 3. Diabetes and endocrinology: 52 percent 4. Dermatology: 48 percent 5. Family medicine: 45 percent 6. Psychiatry: 42 percent 6. Infectious diseases: 42 percent 8. Internal medicine: 39 percent 9. Pathology: 38 percent 10. Public health and preventive medicine: 37 percent 11. Rheumatology: 36 percent 12. Physical medicine and rehabilitation: 34 percent 13. Oncology: 33 percent 13. Neurology: 33 percent 15. Ophthalmology: 32 percent 16. Critical care: 31 percent 16. Allergy and immunology: 31 percent 18. Emergency medicine: 29 percent 19. Anesthesiology: 25 percent 20. Otolaryngology: 24 percent 20. Gastroenterology: 24 percent 22. General surgery: 23 percent 22. Radiology: 23 percent 24. Nephrology: 21 percent 24. Pulmonary medicine: 21 percent 26. Cardiology: 16 percent 26. Plastic surgery: 16 percent 28. Orthopedics: 11 percent 29. Urology: 8 percent n Meet the women-only private members club for executives By Georgina Gonzalez C hief, a membership-based club for female execu- tives, launched in 2019 has been injected with a fresh round of investment from Google, helping it to ex- pand, reported CNBC April 24. The company is designed to provide meet-ups, mentorship and exclusive events with esteemed guest speakers. It has locations in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles and is set to open a new location in San Francisco. More than 12,000 senior executives have joined the pro- gram, some from companies such as Nike, NASA, HBO and Apple, and costs $7,500 annually for C-suite executives. There are 60,000 women on the waitlist. The co-founders created the company after experiencing issues finding adequate support in their positions as se- nior executives. "We were managing teams and mentoring others but no longer had the resources for ourselves," Carolyn Childers, co-founder of Chief, told CNBC. "It can get really lonely at the top, especially when you're quite literally the only wom- an in a room full of men." n

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