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Women CEOs and the State of Female Executives [Infographic]

Women on Business

What’s really happening to women executives in the business world? According to Catalyst, women held just 2% of Fortune 500 CEO positions in 2011. Motif Investing put together an infographic that visually explains the stage of female executive. Jump ahead to 2012 and women held a record 20 Fortune 500 CEO positions.

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LeadershipNow 140: October 2011 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from October 2011 that you might have missed: @mikemyatt: The biggest leadership blind-spot and what to do about it: Leadership & The Expectation Gap. Interview with Joseph Jimenez , chief executive of Novartis. Excellent column by Thomas Friedman on how globalization is once again morphing.

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Help Your Global Talent Succeed and Lead - Cultivate Communication Skills

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Nancy Vason: As leaders of global businesses, you draw from a deep well of talent. According to the Harvard Business Review , English is now the global language of business, and more and more multinational companies are mandating English as the common corporate language. Are they leading global teams?

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Gay Executive Silence

Coaching Tip

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.

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What Has 2011 Taught You About Business and Leadership?

Tanveer Naseer

As this is the last week of the year, many of us are understandably looking back at the past 12 months and discussing what we consider to be the significant events of 2011. In most cases, such discussions tend to focus on the numerous challenges and upheavals we’ve either watched from afar or witnessed first-hand.

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Chart Your Course for 2011 with a Life GPS®

Next Level Blog

  While it takes its inspiration from the Global Positioning System, GPS in this case stands for Goals Planning System.   While it takes its inspiration from the Global Positioning System, GPS in this case stands for Goals Planning System. Here’s a link to the registration page for the Life GPS® teleseminar. 

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Leading Threat To Successful Strategy Execution? Leadership Skills

Six Disciplines

BTS USA, the global leader in strategic alignment and execution, and The Conference Board announced the results of a strategy and leadership development survey completed at their Leadership Development Conference held in May 2011.

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