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LeadershipNow 140: February 2012 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from February 2012 that you might have missed: @LeaderChat: 7 Ways to Build Accountable Organizations @Forbes. Bill_George: A new Era for Global Leadership Development. How IBM's Sam Palmisano Redefined the Global Corporation by @Bill_George. Stop peddling the status quo by @tomasacker.

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10 Best Countries For Women In 2012 (Spoiler Alert: U.S. Did Not Make the Cut)

Women on Business

According to Forbes, the 10 best countries for women in 2012 are: Iceland: Taking the top spot for the third year in a row, Iceland is “lauded for its women in political and economic positions of leadership.” Ireland has made great strides in closing the gender gap since 2006 when the WEC began measuring the Global Gender Gap.

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Top 10 Servant Leadership Tweeters in 2012

Modern Servant Leader

This past year (2012) marked the third year I’ve compiled the Top Tweeters list (see 2010 & 2011 for more). Here they are, The top 10 Twitter accounts for Servant Leadership followers in 2012: 10. I especially appreciate his global perspective on issues. The good news, is the competition increased again, in 2012.

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Global Stocks Slide

Coaching Tip

Chinese stocks , up almost 60% YTD into their July peak, suddenly crashed, sparking fears of global contagion. On June 6, 2012, we sent to subscribers a Special Report calling the low in 10-year T-bond yields after 31 years of decline. Global Stock of Debt," (1:55) "What Growth Boom?" (1:45)

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Society Needs a Leadership Paradigm Shift

Leading Blog

Furlong held senior global leadership roles at TD Securities, retiring in 2012 as vice chair. He is director of the CAA Group of Companies, an adjudicator with the Capital Markets Tribunal, and from 2015 to 2019 was a commissioner with the Ontario Securities Commission. 30, 2023).

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What Impact Does Foreign Direct Investment Have On Productivity?

The Horizons Tracker

In our globalized world, it’s increasingly common for companies to invest internationally in a process known as foreign direct investment (FDI). “We reasoned that these effects may depend on the position of the multinational company’s home country in the global foreign direct investment network.

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Net Zero Efforts Are Slowly Paying Off

The Horizons Tracker

The Agreement wants us to limit global warming to only 1.5 The Kyoto Protocol, made in 1997, led to a 7% drop in emissions between 2008 and 2012. “While existing efforts are vastly insufficient for limiting global warming to 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius above what the temperature was before we started messing with the climate.

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