ABSTRACT
The emergence and growth of women-owned businesses have contributed strongly to the global economy and to their surrounding communities. The presence of women in the workplace driving small and entrepreneurial organizations has had a tremendous impact on employment and on the culture of the workplace. Researchers have described these relational practices engaged in by women entrepreneurs, which included collaborative decision making. The preferred management styles of women entrepreneurs may be associated with their motives for business ownership. Margaret Blackshere is also a values-based leader who is trying to create a new values system for the AFL-CIO. One leadership challenge in today's changing business environment involves integrating one's personal values in a competitive arena where ethical issues seem not to be part of everyday business. Ethical leaders frame everything they do and stand for in moral terms. Donni Case relied heavily on her personal values and embedded them in her leadership at Financial Relations Board.
