"The way women lead is advantageous," said Leighton. 
    "They have better interpersonal skills and build 
     consensus and work horizontally across multiple 
     organizations."

So it's cool to make blatantly sexist remarks Or it only OK when it's favorable to women?

Here's the catch: As soon as someone makes such a sweeping generalization they've asserted that there exist sweeping general differences between men and women. Which is exactly the reasoning that keeps some people from hiring women for geek jobs.