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Female Leadership on the Decline in Canada :: Women on Business

Women on Business

However, all hope is not lost for Canadian businesswomen. In April 2007, Catalyst surveyed all of the FP 500 companies in Canada, and at the time, 15.1% of upper management positions were held by women (up from 14.4% That means some of those women could be on the right path to move into corporate executive positions in the future.

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EBay CEO Meg Whitman to Retire :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Just six months later, eBay went public with its initial public offering, and by 2005, eBay was on fire with nothing stopping it. When Meg Whitman joined eBay in 1998, no one knew how successful the company would become. Whitman took the helm when eBay employed only a few dozen people.

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Walking Away from the Big Bucks in the Pursuit of True Balance.

Women on Business

Toward the end of 2005, I started preparing my exit strategy. It was time to let go of the illusion of control that the “big bucks&# created. Don’t get me wrong, big bucks rock! However, they will rock even louder on my terms as an entrepreneur and professional coach.

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What U2 and the US Navy Have in Common: Connecting with Core Employees

Michael Lee Stallard

Navy One example of a leader who intentionally developed a Connection Culture using all three bridges is Admiral Vern Clark, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 2000 until his retirement in 2005. Over the course of 2009, I (Michael) met with and interviewed Admiral Clark and several of the Naval officers who reported to him.

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Doing Good Via Spam Protection: The Art of Leverage | Rajesh Setty

Rajesh Setty

The story is about how NY Times is using CAPTCHA technology to fix errors that crop up in their effort to digitize old issues. © 2005 - 2010 Rajesh Setty Podcast Powered by podPress (v8.8) I put together a schematic to explain what they are doing. rajesh301 on Why MANY smart people think they deserve a better position at work?

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The Bullock Cart and the Race Car | Rajesh Setty

Rajesh Setty

It is titled “The Bullock Cart and the Race Car&# In a nutshell, the column is about the “far reaching&# impact of technology over the economy. © 2005 - 2010 Rajesh Setty Podcast Powered by podPress (v8.8) If you have the time, please also read the comments that are associated with this column.

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Invitation to participate in BRANDTASTIC! project… | Rajesh Setty

Rajesh Setty

© 2005 - 2010 Rajesh Setty Podcast Powered by podPress (v8.8) rajesh301 on Why MANY smart people think they deserve a better position at work? Recent Readers Visitors Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.