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HR and Limiting Toxicity

LDRLB

When they fail to do fulfill their toxicity detector roles, ethical disasters creep closer and closer. Every time I read about another ethically failed company, I ask myself, what was the HR Department doing as the organization snowballed to disaster? Lipman-Blumen, J. I compiled my results into this book.

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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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Recruiting for Cultural Fit

Harvard Business Review

The result of poor culture fit due to turnover can cost an organization between 50-60% of the person’s annual salary, according to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). That’s why it’s a key trait to look for when recruiting. This would be a key signal of culture fit. Why was it a bad fit?

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What I’ve Learned from Talking About My Bipolar Disorder at Work

Harvard Business Review

Work colleagues tend to view mental illness as personal failure (Herman and Smith, 1989) and many report being uncomfortable working with a person who has mental health problems, particularly if they are currently unwell (Manning and White, 1995; Scheid, 2005). Sadly, very few people are as fortunate as I am.