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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and the Challenges for Women in Business

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In recent weeks, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg has been getting both positive and negative reviews of her book, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. You can hear about the good and the bad by reading Connie Schultz’s review of Sandberg’s book on The Washington Post. The problem comes from external sources, too.

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What It Takes to Be a Woman Fortune 500 General Counsel

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It’s not a common position for a woman despite the fact that it’s 2012. What does it take to be general counsel for a Fortune 500 company as a woman?

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GUTSY WOMEN and MEMORIES

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We are doing them every other month and they are making a difference for women who are in leadership positions or are emerging leaders. It represents something that is still alive and vital that can be brought into the present and used in a positive way. Tonight we start a new GUTSY WOMEN WEEKEND. and everything. Sankofa Bird.

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Be an Advocate for Yourself :: Women on Business

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Usually sponsors have more senior positions than mentors, and it is their responsibility to advocate for an individual and pull them up the ranks to a top level position in the company. The study shows that men receive more sponsorship than women and this has a direct relationship to the number of men promoted to top positions.

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Revisiting Our Masculine Side of Leadership :: Women on Business

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And as women, we can learn a great deal about how we behave in the work world; not to imitate our male counterparts, to align with them in positive, productive ways. Related posts: The Positive Side of Workplace Politics Post by Jane K. He ” by Robert Johnson is about the myth of Perceval and the Holy Grail.

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Female Leadership on the Decline in Canada :: Women on Business

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found that the number of women in top executives positions in Canada has fallen over the past year from 37 women in the highest-paying executive jobs in 2006 to just 31 in 2007. Furthermore, of the 535 highest paid and most senior positions at those companies, only 5.8% of upper management positions were held by women (up from 14.4%

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Success Tips for Business Women from Teri List-Stoll of Procter & Gamble

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” It’s that positive attitude that makes her a role model for so many business women. Carmen Harbour of Little Pink Book interviewed Teri recently to learn more about how she defines success, how she finds balance, her goals, and her legacy. She also addressed the gender gap at the executive level.