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Rethink Leadership for the XX Factor

Coaching Tip

When McKinsey & Co. asked senior executives at 60 big companies recently why they are trying to advance women, "they laughed at us," says Dominic Barton, McKinsey's global managing director. The McKinsey study shows women in general opt at far higher rates than men for staff jobs, sometimes labeled "the pink ghetto."

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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%. In other words, diversity — especially gender diversity — unlocks growth. In other words, diversity — especially gender diversity — unlocks growth.

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'Woman Up' (and Win in Business): How Valuing Traditionally Female.

Strategy Driven

Indeed, a 2008 issue of the McKinsey Quarterly noted that women tend to make deeper emotional connections with colleagues and business partners. And no matter how you interpret them, they come to two general conclusions: Males are aggressive; females are nurturing. Men are competitive, combative, and individually centered.

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Will Big Data Kill All But the Biggest Retailers?

Harvard Business Review

A McKinsey study released in May 2011 stated that, by using Big Data to the fullest, retailers stood to increase their operating margins by up to 60% — this, in an industry where net profit margins are often less than 2%. Retail has entered the era of Big Data. But it is fast becoming cannon fodder. BIG DATA INSIGHT CENTER.

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Sales Still Matters More than Social Media

Harvard Business Review

Digital growth is appropriately a priority for a diverse swath of organizations, and boards need to get with the program,” he writes. Both cite a McKinsey survey which, ironically, found that “Organizations’ efforts to go digital. are picking up steam.” Wouldn’t you want to know more about this before approving your firm’s investments?

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What Management 2.0 Looks Like

Harvard Business Review

In this first leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation , we asked the most progressive thinkers and radical doers from every realm of endeavor to share a story, a hack, a disruptive idea, or an experimental design that illustrates how the web can help overcome the limits of conventional management and create Management 2.0.

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Wild West Days of Social Media Are Over: Time For Some Discipline, Communicators

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McKinsey 2012, Digital and Executive challenges. Mark Dollins is president of North Star Communications Consulting , bringing three decades of diverse leadership experience to develop communications and marketing talent for his clients. They need to be resourceful in developing homegrown skills. Let’s be honest.

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