Good managers know that it is not enough to treat their employees well.  They know that it is essential to treat an employees the way that employee wishes to be treated.  That perspective also applies to how women wish to be treated in the workplace, according to Marti Barletta, CEO of TrendSight Group, a marketing and consulting firm to Fortune 500 companies such as Ford and Anheuser Busch (Best Life magazine, May 2008).  Five ways she believes you can make the office female friendly:

1. Create Team based Incentives.  Competition motivates men, but it's counterproductive to women.  Women believe in group dynamics; therefore a much fairer compensation program to them ties in team performance as a metric.
2. Recognize Women's Strengths.  Women tend to emphasize customer needs over sales goals.  Recognize this and use these collaborative skills for consensus building areas.
3. Demand Specifics.  Men are adept at self-promoting, while women expect their managers to asses performance without any input.  managers must challenge their women employees to make sure they keep them informed to their specific contributions.
4. Be Skeptical of Self-Assessments.  Men will tend to downplay their mistakes while women in general feel compelled to tell you all the bad stuff.  base management decisions on facts, not self evaluations.
5. Watch the Humor.  Women do not joke the same way men do.  Watch out for male employees trying to treat women as football buddies.  Men's humor doesn't work here.