Numerous studies have shown that even today, after centuries of women's struggle for equal status in society, women in the business world still face many prejudices and are in a much less favourable position than men. Perhaps the most obvious examples of gender inequality in the business world are evident in senior management positions. This final paper briefly explains the meaning of the word management and managers. It then analyses the history of women in leadership positions and compares the current market situation with the previous one. It also compares the characteristics of men's traditional and women's soft leadership styles, while analysing the benefits of women as managers. The research conducted in this final paper will show whether gender imbalance in management positions is still present, and whether we have non-discrimination against women in employment and promotion in the workplace in Croatia. The survey will be conducted through an electronic questionnaire. The results obtained after the research continue to indicate an imbalance between women and men in senior management positions. However, the research also determined that the problem is not exclusively connected to job organisation and the prevailing stereotypes associated with women in leading manager positions, but to the fact that there are women who still maintain the opinion that such a highly demanding position will present a difficulty in starting a family or in performing other traditional roles. This is the reason why they neither want to work in a leadership position, nor think that the present shortage of women working in leadership positions is something wrong or discriminatory.