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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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Pay-at-the-Pump - Your Man Was There When the Idea Was Born

Building Personal Strength

2005 photo by Derek Jensen But in a way, paying for gas is less painful than it used to be. Pay-at-the-pump technology, now commonplace, makes the transaction quick and easy. Back then I'd occasionally contract as an adjunct trainer for the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL). Copyright 2011. Post by Dennis E.

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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 Makes New Orleans a Startup City to Rival the “Big Three”

Harvard Business Review

Prior to Hurricane Katrina, in 2005, New Orleans was a place where too many people accepted that the city’s zenith had passed over 150 years ago. In 2011, demographer Joel Kotkin developed a list of the U.S.’s This, coupled with relative affordability, makes it a place people want to call home.

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India Remakes Global Innovation

Harvard Business Review

In 2008, Dr Reddy's acquired Chirotech, Dow Chemical's R&D unit, for $32 million, and in April 2011 relocated it to a new 33,000 sq. TMETC, which was established in 2005, got a big talent boost when Tata Motors acquired Jaguar and Land Rover in 2008. Cambridge, U.K. facility in Cambridge Science Park. Reliance MediaWorks. and the U.K.

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10 TED Talks to Help You Reimagine Your Business

Harvard Business Review

Julie Burstein: 4 lessons in creativity. When we think of creativity, we often think of art, but creativity permeates everything. She published her first book, Spark: How Creativity Works in 2011 and now hosts her own podcast, Pursuit of Spark! Susan Cain: The power of introverts. Like to read?

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