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2012 Women in Business and the Gender Gap Research and Statistics

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Let’s hope the numbers continue to change for the positive in 2013 so companies hire and promote powerful, diverse teams and leaders. Women in Technology. Men and Women Corporate Directors Disagree on Boardroom Diversity. No Change for Women in Top Leadership at Fortune 500 Companies. 10 Worst Paying States for Women.

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Apple Management Lacks Women Leaders

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In fact, Apple’s leadership lacks diversity overall, not just gender diversity. However, diversity is lacking across much of the technology sector. He found that 100% of the Apple leadership team is male, and just one woman, Andrea Jung of Avon, is an Apple board member.

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The Growing Power of Women in Business

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And while these figures represent US households, the percentages are being exported due to technology driven globalization. Hewlett-Packard, another technology company, named Meg Whitman as their CEO in September 2011. Even though we live in a technology-driven world, it’s still a human world and relationships still matter.

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Google Acquires Wildfire Interactive and Its 40% Female Employees

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The fact that Wildfire Interactive is made up of a team that is 40% female in an industry typically dominated by men — technology — is what’s giving this story a lot of buzz. Angie Chang of Women 2.0

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29 Fortune 500 Companies Have No Women on Boards

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Linear Technology, Milpitas, CA. Makes you wonder just how diverse (or not diverse) these boards really are – not just in terms of women. Fidelity National Information Services, Jacksonville, FL. Flir Systems, Wilsonville, OR. Joy Global, Milwaukee, WI. L-3 Communications Holdings, New York, NY. Peters, MO.

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Managing Virtual Teams: Three Keys to Success

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We seek out diversity and strong points of view on our teams, but combine these characteristics with remote locations, tight timelines and resource constraints, and a day at the office can turn into a political and technological obstacle course. Some professionals compare the frustrations of leading a virtual team to “herding cats.”

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Business coaching for women (…and why you should use gender stereotypes to your advantage)

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Access to technology and education in the last decade has ensured that anyone and everyone can advance themselves, regardless of gender or background. However, this can be an incredibly emotional decision that requires advice both on a personal and business level, for which a woman mentor is ideal. This is just one example.

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