Women outdo men in this task

Women trail men in seats in the corporate boardroom, but it turns out they are way ahead in other areas.

Take work/life balance, for example.

Four out of 10 women business owners, according to a new survey from BMO Harris Bank, say they have good work/life balance. That trumps 29% of men business owners who say they have a good work/life balance. Women, the survey shows, also value work/life balance for their employees more than men. Nearly six out of 10, 57%, consider that “very important” against 44% of men. The survey, finally, found that nearly a third of men say they try to have a work/life balance but “often” work too much. That's nearly double the amount of women, 17%, who responded that way, the survey shows.