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Book Review: Halftime

Lead on Purpose

This is the time when most people focus more on their careers and less on others (and other significant causes). Bob talks about how his career (in TV station business) took off. He had tremendous success, but had a “success panic&# that made him stop and reevaluate his priorities.

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Be an Advocate for Yourself :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Mentoring is defined as career advice and guidance and sponsorship is advocacy. The recommendation from Harvard Business Review and Catalyst is for organizations to adopt formal sponsorship programs similar to IBM Europe. High performing women need to take control of their own career advancement.

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Bonus or No Bonus? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

This means a monthly letter from our CEO to explain our monthly financial results (in broad terms as we are a private company), talk about the investments we are making, competitive threats, opportunities, and a review of all key metrics – a kind of monthly update on state of business. An idividual either has it or doesnt.

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Leadership Self Examination | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Better yet, for those of you bold enough to place yourself under what might be the harsh scrutiny of others, you can get the benefits of a mini leadeship 360 review by asking your co-workers to rate you as a leader. They will not compromise their value system and personal ethics for temporary gain.

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8 Traits of Ineffective Leaders | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Something as simple as a 360 Review, or as complex as a deep psychological profile (both with weighted emphasis on leadership aptitude) can point out an individual’s leadership capabilities. The short answer is yes…There are in fact a great number of tests that can quickly assess leadership ability. Kevin Excellent summary.

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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. In April 2007, Catalyst surveyed all of the FP 500 companies in Canada, and at the time, 15.1% are held by women (down from 6.9% in the prior year).

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A Guilty Conscience = A Great Hire??? :: Women on Business

Women on Business

According to research done by Francis Flynn, Director of the Center for Leadership Development and Research at Stanford University (as reported in The January/February 2011 edition of Harvard Business Review), guilt-prone individuals unequivocally make great employees. The findings? The link between guilt and performance is clearly there.