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Holding Powerful & Arrogant Bosses Accountable

Coaching Tip

Winston, a former executive responsible for leadership development at the Countrywide Financial Corporation, spent three years in a legal battle against Countrywide, the once-mighty mortgage giant, and its current owner, Bank of America, contending that he was punished and pushed out for not toeing the company line. million in damages.

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What Am I Supposed To Be Learning From This?

Next Level Blog

A long time ago in a land far away, I worked for a year as a first year associate in a now defunct Wall Street investment bank. A typo in a proposal was cause for being publicly called out and dressed down in an all hands staff meeting. It was a stressful, but educational experience. What did I learn? Lots of things.

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N2Growth Blog

LeadsandBids.com A virtual platform offering a network of services and proposes to bring contractors, property owners, finance, insurance, real estate and other pertinent services together. … Executive Development Opportunities. N2 is a proud member of Linked-In.

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What Europe Can Teach the US About Gender in the Boardroom

Harvard Business Review

France introduced quotas in January 2011, and in one year, the number of women on boards took a grand jeté of 10 percentage points to 22%. Set up a talent bank and clearinghouse for women and men who want to "on-ramp" their careers after voluntarily off-ramping for childcare, eldercare, or other personal obligations. As the U.S.

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The Rise of the Hands-On Dad

Harvard Business Review

Let’s start with the pioneering companies now offering generous paid parental leave to new dads — firms such as Yahoo (8 weeks), PwC (12-14 weeks), and Bank of America (12 weeks). Over a hundred Major League Baseball players make use of MLB’s paternity leave policy, which was instituted in 2011.

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The Big Picture of Business: Been There, Done That

Strategy Driven

That’s what they have done for most of their careers. (2 99.99999 percent of actual management consultants come from five basic career orientations and fit onto one of the five branches of The Business Tree : Technical or niche industry orientation. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. 2 percent).