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Is a Corporate Board Seat in Your Future? :: Women on Business

Women on Business

I sure that most of us are aware of the current studies that prove that having a diverse board (at least 30% women representation) contributes directly to a company’s performance. In fact, companies with more female representation, outperform companies don’t have women.

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Advocacy to Shift Culture

Women on Business

Bennett Organizations working on raising awareness of inclusiveness and why it is essential for businesses to survive are well served by advocacy programming. This is very true as it relates to organizations that are working to increase gender diversity at the leadership levels.

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The Leper in the Room: Workplace Violence

Women on Business

Provide professional development that deals with team building and diversity training. Don’t just focus on typical race/gender diversity; really make an effort to help your employees understand each other and your customers. So try these things: Provide adequate customer service training. Walk the front lines and stay engaged.

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How One CEO Prepared Her Organization for Her Retirement

Harvard Business Review

But in recent years, as I’ve become more involved in business development, client relationships, and managing the complexities of operating our company, I have had less time for researching new investment ideas. As the CEO, this is a business development effort that could be very valuable to our company.

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The Other Women's Movement: Factory Workers in the Developing World

Harvard Business Review

These are all important endeavors, of course, but women who work in factories are largely missed: they aren''t poor enough to require the most basic assistance, but they aren''t wealthy enough to access programs targeting women for leadership roles or business development.

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There’s No One System for Paying Your Global Sales Force

Harvard Business Review

Each country has its own market dynamics, business culture, laws, and availability of data for measuring performance. Diversity makes a global sales incentive plan impractical and dangerous.” For example, a medical device company created the following global guidelines for incentive plans for new business development salespeople.