of course it depends on the personality of the women-in-charge vs the men in charge. generally, women-in-charge are willing to talk through problems more than men in charge, so yes. but in an industry where women in charge are very rare (ie, a car company), that woman might feel she must act macho to fit in, in which case she may be more inflexible and difficult than a man-in-charge who doesn't feel he must prove himself quite so much.