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Corporate Diversity Still Coming Up Short for Women

Strategy Driven

Women may make up more than half the workforce 1 but continue to be significantly underrepresented on corporate boards and in C-level executive positions, according to a major new study released today by Calvert Investments, a long-time leader in advocating for corporate diversity.

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The Economic and Social Impact of Language

Mills Scofield

You can read more here about the impact of not changing our education and economic systems. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. Our generation faces a society that has adopted English as a global language, but we cannot forget that learning other languages initiates deeper connections and more trustful relationships between diverse communities.

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A System for Speaking IT Truths to CEOs

Harvard Business Review

I came to understand the reason for a phenomenon I had been aware of for years: Medical-center CIOs who are MDs tend to be much better at stating unpleasant truths about IT systems than nonmedical CIOs. Determine the CEO's grasp of the legacy-systems issue in order to make the business case for change. Was a risk assessment presented?

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Lessons from the Best Global Brands 2010: Building trust and.

Strategy Driven

Santander, which made its debut on this year’s list, is a best-case example of a brand that stayed true to its brand promise and saw it pay off. which resulted in an increase in brand awareness of 72 percent between 2004 and 2010. Santander has also been innovative when it comes to social media and mobile campaigns.

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More of Us Are Working in Big Bureaucratic Organizations than Ever Before

Harvard Business Review

In the United Kingdom, for example, the employment share of managers and supervisors increased from 12.9% administrators for every tenured or tenure-track faculty member within the UC system. Who else is going to meet all those new compliance requirements around diversity, risk mitigation and sustainability? In 1993, 47% of U.S.

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Getting Doctors to Make Better Decisions Will Take More than Money and Nudges

Harvard Business Review

Some have argued that most financial incentives are too small to make a difference, but even in the UK’s national health system, where up to 30% of clinicians’ income is paid through a P4P system, patients’ health have not markedly improved since 2004, when the system was introduced.

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What Board Directors Really Think of Gender Quotas

Harvard Business Review

More than a decade ago, countries in Europe began to take measures to increase the gender diversity of their corporate boards. Norway was the first to adopt a quota for female board members (40%) in 2004. Iceland, Norway) as well as in countries still working toward achieving their gender diversity quotas (e.g., In the U.S.,