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Gay Executive Silence

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For nearly two decades, Ernst & Young executive Beth Brooke navigated the office like it was a minefield , dodging water-cooler chatter for fear that someone might corner her with a personal question. Many high-level executives like Ernst & Young global vice chair Beth Brooke are coming out of the closet. Like 53-year-old Ms.

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Talent Management Challenges in 2011

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Developing and pursuing a coherent talent management strategy is essential to executing on business strategy.”. In a recent poll of 1,400 workers Right Management found that 84% plan to look for a new job in 2011. Matthews cited four critical trends that will affect talent management: Talent will look elsewhere for opportunities.

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What Every Man Should Know About Female Colleagues

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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. . Yet the number of women at the top is barely budging: some 5% of Fortune 500 chief executive officers and 17% of board members. “If Bain & Co.’s

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3 Ways to Confront Economic Adversity in 2011

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If you’re a business owner or executive and your business is currently suffering, walk around and talk to all your employees. It is only through the sharing of ideas, hopes and fears – by talking with each other as opposed to at each other – that we as a nation and individually will maintain or regain prosperity. . What’s wrong here?

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Overcoming the Oxymoron: Family Business

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Over the past few years, more family-firm leaders have been turning to executive-education courses tailored to their needs. Currently, the Family Firm Institute lists 182 schools offering family-business courses, including two dozen targeted executive-education programs throughout the world.

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CEO Disease Symptoms

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Nearly 13% of chief financial officers, chief marketing officers, and other C-level executives say that having input into company decisions is their top reason to stay with a company, according to the survey. of C-level executives said it was. of C-level executives also said their work location was important. While only 4.4%

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Do You Suffer from a Lack of Coachability?

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Based on research of 20,000 new hires over a three-year period, " Hiring for Attitude " (McGraw-Hill December 2011) by Mark Murphy, CEO of Leadership IQ, reveals a new approach for choosing high performers with fantastic attitudes and great chemistry. Job seekers need to ask, "how can I add value" and then work from there.