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World's Most Innovative Internet Company:

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Although one can vaguely see some traces of American Internet companies in what Alibaba has accomplished, the overall shape of its innovation has been totally different. How is the company steamrolling ahead, while China’s economy lurches along? How is the company steamrolling ahead, while China’s economy lurches along?

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Gay Executive Silence

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Many high-level executives like Ernst & Young global vice chair Beth Brooke are coming out of the closet. Brooke was growing tired of hiding, particularly after being tapped to head the company's diversity and inclusion efforts. In her closing remarks in a 2011 video produced for the "It Gets Better" campaign, Ms.

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Building Leadership Bridges

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We tend to forget that despite the diversity of race, religion, ideology and so forth, people are equal in their basic wish for peace and happiness." Today, we need global change agents. Companies Need Global Change Agents. Companies Need Global Change Agents. By His Holiness The Dalai Lama.

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Untapped Talent

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Diversity, in other words, is quite diverse. One global leadership assessment conducted by a $35 billion corporation revealed that access, opportunity and development were the major factors that could increase the representation of women at its senior level. Untapped talent comes in many different forms.

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Mars Incorporated: A Sweet Place to Work

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With about $33 billion in global revenue last year, Mars would be in the top 100 of the Fortune 500 , ahead of McDonald's, Starbucks, and General Mills. The company says it does 200 million consumer transactions a day. For the first time, the company has made it onto Fortune's annual U.S. It doesn't work that way elsewhere.

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Want to build high-performing teams?

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Make employees feel more included at work, says Catalyst’s new global report, Inclusive Leadership: The View From Six Countries , which surveyed over 1,500 employees from Australia, China (Shanghai), Germany, India, Mexico and the United States. Inclusive leaders are humble. Related articles. Catalyst Take on Women Leaders in 2013.

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Rethink Leadership for the XX Factor

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asked senior executives at 60 big companies recently why they are trying to advance women, "they laughed at us," says Dominic Barton, McKinsey's global managing director. Many diversity programs offer only mentoring or networking among women who all face the same tough odds. When McKinsey & Co. This has bred cynicism.

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