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Avon CEO Andrea Jung Takes Seat on Apple's Board :: Women on Business

Women on Business

NASDAQ: APPL ) has named Andrea Jung , CEO of Avon  (NYSE: AVP ), as the eigth member of its board of directors. Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, stated that Jung will bring a “new dimension&# to the company’s board. Avon’s stock price was up 15% in 2007. Avon’s stock price was up 15% in 2007

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Trust me when I tell you that being out of touch is never a good position to find yourself in as the CEO. My advice to CEOs, regardless of whether you’re running a start-up or a Fortune 500 company, is to go see things for yourself.

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You Can't Argue With Crazy | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The following list of suggestions is my gift to you in hope that it will allow you to outsmart those that feel they cannot be outsmarted… Define Acceptable Behavior : This first thing all CEOs need to do is to accept responsibility for any “corporate crazies&# who have taken residence in their organization.

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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. CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), are held by women (down from 6.9% in the prior year).

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Oh dear Mr. Clark… can't you do better than that?

Roundtable Talk

All interesting stuff, and easy to jump on a soapbox about, but, the quote that caught my eye came from Ed Clark, President & CEO of TD Bank Financial Group. Am I the only person who finds it odd that a CEO who supposedly is a giant champion of women is predicting it’s going to take TWO DECADES to get a woman to the top post.

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Who's wagon is your star hitched to?

Roundtable Talk

The CFO, who is the named successor for the Prez, is Ricardo’s #1 detractor. And so here’s my cautionary point of this post… when Ricardo’s supportive boss swans off into retirement, who’s gonna have dear Ricardo’s back? adweekcdn #genesimmons 12 hours ago Every brand has to work hard to stay relevant.

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How to Bring Apple's Overseas Cash Hoard Home

Harvard Business Review

I listened in this morning as Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer explained what they're planning to do with Apple's $98 billion in cash (pay a $2.65 Kleinbard in wrote in a 2007 Tax Notes article called "Throw Territorial Taxation From the Train" (it's so far behind a paywall that I can't even link to it).

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