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Understanding the Benefits of Executive Coaching

CO2

The Multidimensional Benefits of Executive Coaching Executive coaching is not just a trend; it’s a transformative tool that has proven its worth across various sectors. In the realm of human resources, a 2006 study by G. Dagley provides further evidence of the efficacy of executive coaching ( Dagley, 2006 ).

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

Women on Business

found that the number of women in top executives positions in Canada has fallen over the past year from 37 women in the highest-paying executive jobs in 2006 to just 31 in 2007. Furthermore, of the 535 highest paid and most senior positions at those companies, only 5.8% are held by women (down from 6.9% in the prior year).

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Four Ways to Adapt to an Aging Workforce

Harvard Business Review

B&Q (winner of the 2006 “Age Positive Retailer of the Year” Award) says that it hires for soft skills , such as conscientiousness, enthusiasm and customer rapport, which senior workers also seem to show in abundance, while Home Depot famously looks to older store clerks for the experience-based know-how that customers demand.

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For a More Flexible Workforce, Hire Self-Aware People

Harvard Business Review

If, amidst high unemployment, this seems counterintuitive, consider the deep trends driving the mismatch: technology and globalization have transformed what it takes to succeed in business. Hiring Human resources Managing yourself' Companies frequently complain that it’s tough to find the right people. The Degree Is Doomed.

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Where Are All the Self-Employed Workers?

Harvard Business Review

And as you can see in the chart below, the long-term trend in the percentage of workers who are self-employed actually appears to be downward: But isn’t this the age of Free Agent Nation , as Dan Pink declared back in 1997 ? It gets that from a 2006 Government Accountability Office report that said there were about 42.6

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

Harvard Business Review

These trends aren’t just bad for employees with mental health issues; they’re bad for employers as well. of workers with a serious mental illness reported that they had been fired, laid off or told to resign (Baldwin and Marcus, 2006). Sadly, very few people are as fortunate as I am. 2007) and in one study 6.3%

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INTERVIEW: Philip Morris International’s Charles Bendotti on Emerging Contemporary Workplace Culture

HR Digest

From 2000 until 2006, he served in various cross-functional roles in Marketing & Sales and Business Development in different markets of the Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa, and Latin America & Canada Regions.