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

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of upper management positions were held by women (up from 14.4% 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% 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

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Just six months later, eBay went public with its initial public offering, and by 2005, eBay was on fire with nothing stopping it. New competitors have joined the online auction marketplace and a poor business decision related to eBay’s acquisition of Skype created some bumps in the road of eBay’s success.

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

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Toward the end of 2005, I started preparing my exit strategy. The plan was to build my coaching business and the True Balance brand, one day at a time until I could give my two weeks notice. My former employer decided to downsize our management group within two months of my planned exodus.