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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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Followership : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

Effective followership plays such an important role in the development of future leadership skills that freshman at all the United States service academies (the Air Force Academy, West Point, Annapolis, and the Coast Guard and Merchant Marine Academies) spend their first year in formal follower roles.

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A Leadership Checklist: 10 Things To Do Right Now To Make It A.

Terry Starbucker

In a business enterprise, leaders must take care of employees who, in turn, are responsible for taking care of customers, stakeholders, and related outside parties, such as the government and the community, in an ethical manner. Is “ethical leadership” an oxymoron? to anyone who sends a request to crespin79@hotmail.com.

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Marshall, Not McChrystal, Should Be Role Model for Military Leaders

Michael Lee Stallard

When FDR put the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Depression under Marshall’s command, he developed an “absorbing interest” in helping the young men by educating them and taking care of their health-care needs. Throughout his remarkable career, Marshall’s actions encouraged connection among people. I know he is going.

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To Reform Capitalism, CEOs Should Champion Structural Reforms

Harvard Business Review

They go by names like corporate social responsibility, sustainability, shareholder advocacy, social assessment and auditing, consumer action, government regulation, leadership development, ethics, realignment of incentives , attracting long-term investors , creating shared value , and more. Here are a few suggestions: Lead by Example.

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