This is my second stint as a people manager in the last couple of years. One was at the startup, and now again in this big ass company. Profile wise the charter of both teams was the same, so people in team are almost alike. My take is men are far more easier to manage than women. It was true at the startup and its proving true here as well. I spend double the time managing the women in my team than the men. Its rather idiotic because the women in team are actually far, far, far better at their jobs than the men, but every one of them demands way more individual attention than men. On the flip side men tend to lose focus and get astray way more than women. Women are hyper focussed on a task and see it through completion. With men things often just fall through the cracks and the expectations often are “this is normal” (no, its not). That said, its way easier to be blunt with them and tell them they fucked up than women where you have tiptoe a very thin line because you don’t want to come across as offensive.