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

Women on Business

CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), 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). One more disheartening statistic shows that only 26% of those companies have at least one woman in an executive officer’s position (e.g.,

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

Women on Business

She’s taking over the seat formerly occupied by Apple’s former CFO, John Anderson, who resigned amidst a stock options backdating scandal. Develop Your Own Advisory Board Post by Jane K. Andrea Jung was an executive vice president at Neiman-Marcus before she joined Avon in 1996. Avon’s stock price was up 15% in 2007.Â

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The Never-Ending Meeting :: Women on Business

Women on Business

I have learned over the years to make meetings meaningful and productive, but it has become a developed skill over time. It’s not rocket science, but it is surprising how many CFO’s and managers don’t stop to evaluate the effectiveness of their meetings.

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50 Ways to Leave your Lover: Keep Failing Til the Last Thing You Try Is Successful

Mills Scofield

There is a big difference between “knowing that you can” and “deciding that you want to” and at Bettcher we use a toll gate product development process fashioned after Robert Cooper’s StageGate process. So into the “Scoping” stage we go and the learning begins. Million; not big, but interesting.

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How Big Data Brings Marketing and Finance Together

Harvard Business Review

Consider Intel, which began eyeing Big Data’s potential to quantify marketing’s contribution to revenue in about 2010. This now provides its marketing teams globally with predictive decision-making capabilities they never had before. Inside Intel. As an ingredient brand, Intel often struggled to link marketing to P&L impact.

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Talent in China: A Legion of Ambitious, Qualified Women

Harvard Business Review

Half of the 14 billionaires on Forbes magazine's 2010 list of the world's richest self-made women are from mainland China. Multinational organizations expanding their presence in China and Chinese companies extending their reach into the global marketplace have a unique opportunity to help China's career women keep their ambitions on course.

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What Social Entrepreneurs Can Teach Your Company's Future Leaders

Harvard Business Review

A 2010 IBM survey found that 79% of global chief executives foresaw "high or very high complexity" over the next five years, but only 49% felt their organization was prepared to handle it. They too have struggled to operate in complex environments, and have developed the skills and expertise to overcome these challenges.