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Women and the economy: an opportunity for growth

Strategy Driven

Women are historically underrepresented in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. According to the US Department of Education, the number of computer science degrees peaked at 37 percent between 1984 and 1985 compared to only 18 percent in the period between 2008 and 2011. But let’s go further on education.

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Cast the Net Wide – Make the Most of Your Promotional Time and.

Women on Business

If you have more time, contribute to an association committee. The only way to work networking in is to schedule attendance to an event and go. If that is all you have time for, at least do that, and seek to exchange a few business cards when there. This leads to furthering your credentials and friendships.

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Fixing the Gender Imbalance in Health Care Leadership

Harvard Business Review

As of 2011, organizations must have received at least Silver Awards to qualify for National Institute for Health Research Funding. This lesson can be applied more broadly, including to systematizing search processes, appointment of physicians to committees, and nomination for leadership roles and increased responsibility.

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IT Doesn't Matter (to CEOs)

Harvard Business Review

For a brief period, as they were being built into the infrastructure of commerce, all these technologies opened opportunities for forward-looking companies to gain real advantages. This argument was derided by IT supply-side executives such as Steve Ballmer, Carly Fiorina, and Scott McNealy, but CEOs quietly applauded it.

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Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage

Strategy Driven

Large downturns (such as this recession), technology disruptions, or regulatory shifts create discontinuities that simply accelerate the industry’s evolution toward this equilibrium state. They execute faster and with more force. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Understanding the Language of Innovation

Harvard Business Review

In a cross-industry survey of 8 firms, we asked over 200 innovation-focused practitioners to review a list of established and emerging technologies (a list that included Apple products, Netflix, eBay and several others) and then tell us why any item on the list eventually became successful. We wanted to learn more.

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The 2010 Execution Round-Up: Six Companies That Couldn't 'Get It.

Strategy Driven

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. It’s that time of year again: time for business owners and senior executives to take stock of the past twelve months. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.