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EU Proposes 40 Percent Quota for Women on Supervisory Boards

Women on Business

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: A European Union (EU) proposal could require that corporate boards include 40% women by 2020.The percentage point increase between October 2010 and January 2012, the European Commission said in a report in March. Aoife White explains on Bloomberg Businessweek: “Some 13.7

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EU Proposes 40 Percent Quota for Women on Supervisory Boards

Women on Business

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: A European Union (EU) proposal could require that corporate boards include 40% women by 2020.The percentage point increase between October 2010 and January 2012, the European Commission said in a report in March. Aoife White explains on Bloomberg Businessweek: “Some 13.7

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Understanding Team Needs in Leadership: A Guide to Need Theories

CO2

Alderfer’s ERG Theory, while influenced by Maslow, proposes that lower-order needs don’t necessarily have to be satisfied before pursuing higher-order needs. This particular condition is called Frustration-Regression (Redman 2010). Applying Alderfer’s ERG Theory in Team Leadership Clayton P.

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For Your Consideration: My South by Southwest Interactive (SXSW) Session/Panel Proposals

Managing Communities

The SXSW 2010 PanelPicker has opened and, with it, 2,219 proposals are up for consideration for the Interactive portion of the conference. It’s that time of the year again! I am on 7 (yes, feel free to giggle) of these. Online voting accounts for 30% of the decision making process (30% goes to the SXSW staff [.].

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Conflict Resolution Techniques: Question Your Assumptions | Guy.

The Recovering Engineer

In a small meeting setting, Joe raised a question about something John had proposed in a previous meeting. I heard Joe question the proposed approach to solving a problem. Fred Pryor Seminars Dealing with Difficult Customers-set of 3 says: July 6, 2010 at 6:10 pm [.] Reply What Do You Think? Tell me what youre thinking.

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Three Actions You Can Take to De-escalate Conflicts | Guy Harris.

The Recovering Engineer

I don’t propose that these actions are necessarily easy to do when emotions are high and the conflict is escalating. When you listen without interrupting, correcting, or debating, you can help the other person feel understood. When you help them feel understood, you improve the odds of de-escalating the conflict. Never show again.

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The Most Valuable Question?

Kevin Eikenberry

by Kevin Eikenberry on September 22, 2010 in Communication , Leadership , Leadership Communication , Learning This short post is prompted by Dan Rockwell’s great post yesterday on his fine Leadership Freak Blog. Love the addition of “most&# to the question. Nicely done. Very powerful.

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