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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. She joined eBay in 1998 and now, 10 years later, she’s following her own advice and leaving the company she helped drive to online success. 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. I longed to spend my days being left alone by the “powers that be&#. However, they will rock even louder on my terms as an entrepreneur and professional coach. No longer a company creature; my job was surely destroying my soul.

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

Michael Lee Stallard

Stars typically feel connected to the organization because they have power or influence. 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. Core employees typically don’t feel connected.

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Followership : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

Leaders used to have all the power in these hierarchical relationships, but this is no longer the reality facing many organizations. Moreover, ethical followers can help leaders avoid making questionable decisions and high performing followers often motivate leaders to raise their own levels of performance.

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What HoloLens Has That Google Glass Didn’t

Harvard Business Review

They like technology, they have an Xbox, they have children, and they have an annual household income of more than $100,000. And going into 2017, just two years from now, the momentum they will have generated will force executives at your company to sidestep drones, self-driving cars, and robots to focus on this technology.

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The Industrial Era Ended, and So Will the Digital Era

Harvard Business Review

Today digital technology is all the rage because after decades of development it has become incredibly useful. We need to start preparing for a new era of innovation in which different technologies, such as genomics, materials science, and robotics , rise to the fore. Our world has been thoroughly transformed by digital technology.