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What Every Man Should Know About Female Colleagues

Coaching Tip

Men this is your career guide about women you work with. Fortune 500 firms with the most female board members outperform those with the least by 26% on return on invested capital and 16% on return on sales, according to a 2011 Catalyst study. . The business case is compelling. Executives elsewhere are following suit. Bain & Co.’s

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Looking for a Job When You're No Longer Young

Harvard Business Review

And federal age discrimination actions filed annually increased 66% between 1999 and 2011. The organizational "geography" also matters — chief marketing officer versus chief financial officer. During the last decade, the number of unemployed older workers has increased 300 percent.

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