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Gender Gap on Corporate Boards in Canada Creates Calls for Quotas

Women on Business

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Gender inequality at executive levels and on corporate boards of directors is a global problem. It is unclear whether there is permanent improvement, however, because 41 per cent had no women in 2009, and the proportion then worsened in 2010 and 2011.

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The Importance of Testing in an E-marketing Campaign

Women on Business

Create a Benchmark Traditional direct marketing always uses a control piece as the benchmark, generally with an A/B split test. Are they using email blasts, social networking, relationships with key bloggers? How does their e-marketing supplement their traditional marketing? The same idea works for e-marketing.

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Think SoLoMo or SoCoLoMo – Social Commerce, Local & Mobile – For Digital Success

Modern Servant Leader

Proliferation: Global Mobile devices to go from 3.4 Billion in 2010 to 7.9 The Digital Marketer: Benchmark & Trends Report 2012. Location-Aware: 19% of Men and 10% of Women setup their social media accounts to automatically include location in their posts. Billion in 2015. Tablet Time: The average tablet user spends 13.9

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1:1 Executive Coaching Program – Now Open for Enrollment

Six Disciplines

Recent 2010 research* confirms what we know to be our biggest challenges as executives: 52% of executives don’t feel their company’s strategy will lead to success. Feliciano, Senior Managing Consultant / Strategy & Change Consultant, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt at IBM Global Business Services - Strategy & Change.

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Needing Women Leaders

Women in the LEAD

I commented on a global survey ranking women in the area of gender equality that was compiled by “The White House Project”.   As the soon-to-be-released “White House Project Report: Benchmarking Women’s Leadership” has found, women are far from parity in every sector, from business and politics to sports and religion.

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How Companies Can Take a Stand Against Bribery

Harvard Business Review

In 2016, the International Monetary Fund estimated that corruption amounted to roughly 2% of global economic output — between $1.5 and $2 trillion globally. The list of certified companies includes Legg Mason, Alstom, Mabey, and CPA Global among others. Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images.

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The EU Needs to Make Sure Continental Countries Don’t Exit

Harvard Business Review

Global stock markets promptly floundered. Like virtually all believers in globalization, I deplore Brexit and think the markets (and Game of Thrones fans) are right to be concerned. So the external effects, while they may appear relatively small at a global level, will be focused on the Continent. The British pound tanked.

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