Women on Business

JANUARY 7, 2013

census data, the report was authored by American Express OPEN research advisor Julia Weeks. New data released by American Express OPEN and Womenable reveals some of the impressive achievements of million-dollar women-owned businesses over the past 10 years.

Transportation 273

Transportation Trends Insurance Finance 273

Women on Business

JANUARY 15, 2013

Women’s Media Center put together a variety of statistics from research conducted by various organizations over the past couple of years and published the data in a report called “ The Status of Women in the U.S. ” The report authors, Robin H. Media 2012.” Pugh Yi, Ph.D. and Craig T. Dearfield, M.A., Just 21.7%

Media 261

Media Sports Film Report 261

Women on Business

APRIL 17, 2012

Today is Equal Pay Day, so let’s take a look at some statistics that really put the gender wage gap into perspective from a recent report by the National Partnership for Women & Wage Families. The report also cites a Government Accountability Office study which discusses the fact that women with children are paid 2.5%

Cost 259

Cost Report Insurance Education 259

Women on Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

The sixth annual World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report 2011 shows that over the last six years 85% of countries have been improving their gender equality but in several African and South American countries it is declining. Says report co-author Ricardo Hausmann.

Education 172

Education Benchmarking Report Politics 172

Women on Business

OCTOBER 16, 2012

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) released a new report today that details the strategies directors and boards can implement to advance boardroom diversity. The result was what this Commission calls a ‘Strategy of Inclusion.’

Diversity 189

Diversity Directory Report Strategy 189

Women on Business

OCTOBER 17, 2012

1987: International think tank Hudson Institute publishes the “Workforce 2000” report, which accurately predicts the changes in the American workforce by the year 2000 and introduces the term “workforce diversity.” The report addresses the learning and effectiveness aspects of diversity training.

Diversity 222

Diversity Training Report Review 222

Women on Business

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Catalyst has released its 2012 Financial Post 500 Women Senior Officers and Top Earners census report, which tracks women’s advancement into senior leadership positions among Canada’s Financial Post 500 companies. since the last Catalyst Census conducted in 2012. There is also a breakdown by province/territory and industry.

Insurance 180

Insurance Download Retail Finance 180

Women on Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

The Catalyst report , Good Intentions, Imperfect Execution? Men have roles with more critical responsibility for profit and loss (56% of men vs. 46% of women), management of direct reports (77% of men vs. 70% of women), and budgets over $10 million (30% of men vs. 22% of women) than women.

Career 245

Career Budgeting Report Training 245

Women on Business

OCTOBER 7, 2012

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: According to a study by Dow Jones VentureSource, women executives make venture-companies more successful.The report followed over 20,000 U.S.-based ” Get the details: Investors Should Seek Companies With Female Executives, a New Dow Jones Reports Says via blogs.wsj.com.

Execution 182

Execution Company Succession Report 182

Women on Business

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Lisa Vaas explains the process in detail, including tips to make sure your resume gets noticed, in a report for The Ladders. You can read the complete report here. In the meantime, check out the flowchart infographic (which is part of the full report) below. What do you think?

Tips 202

Tips System Report Process 202

Women on Business

JULY 13, 2012

The Wall Street Journal reports: “Female breadwinners are more likely than other women to maintain completely separate finances from their partners (27% versus 15%). Read the Full Report: Financial Experiences and Behaviors Among Women via Prudential Financial.

Survey 196

Survey Finance Report Article 196

Women on Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

The first step to effective media relations is shaking off the notion that editors and reporters are the enemy. If you don’t want to scare a reporter away, lose the whining or fawning. All reporters are created equal. Unless a reporter comes to you, it’s not their job to come up with an angle for your story.

Media 232

Media Advertorial Press Release PR 232

Women on Business

OCTOBER 21, 2012

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Earlier this year, Catalyst released a report filled with data about women in law professions in the United States. Additional findings in the report include the following: In 2011, women made up 31.9% For example, women made up just 18.8% of Fortune 500 general counsels in 2010 and just 16.0% of male lawyers.

Committee 220

Committee Report Follow-up Examples 220

Women on Business

JULY 17, 2012

American Express released its second annual State of Women-Owned Businesses report that provides insights into the state of women-owned businesses in the United States. As American Express reports. The study shows that the growth of women-owned businesses has exceeded any other group over the past 15 years — 1.5

Entrepreneur 245

Entrepreneur Report Article Books 245

Women on Business

MARCH 4, 2013

In a new research report from Accenture called “ Redefining Success ,” 70% of men and women believe they can have it all, but 50% believe they can’t have it all at the same time. 58% of women and 64% of men report having asked for or negotiated a pay raise. Who says you can’t have it all? Not most professionals.

Conference 226

Conference Follow-up Report Survey 226

Women on Business

AUGUST 15, 2011

According to a report on Inc.com titled, Most Female Owners Expect Business to Grow , four in five women hope to grow their businesses over the next two years. On a personal note, I really feel that the terminology given in this report is misleading. ’ Hoping for growth and expecting it are two very different things.

Report 179

Report Follow-up Consultative Planning 179

Women on Business

MARCH 8, 2013

The report examined differences related to diversity practices since the last time the study was conducted in 2010. Based on the data that was accessible to evaluate the 10 diversity criteria used to create this report, the highest rated companies overall are Citigroup, Merck & Co., Ebay, and ApacheCorp.

Simon 179

Simon Diversity Download Report 179

Women on Business

OCTOBER 13, 2011

The newest report released by Catalyst, titled The Myth of the Ideal Worker: Does Doing All the Right Things Really Get Women Ahead? , The goal of the report was to research typical myths involving women’s career development and their chances of being promoted. has been released… and it’s disheartening.

Report 150

Report Career Reference Goal 150

Women on Business

MAY 8, 2012

In Skirting the Issues: Evidence of Gender Bias in IPO Prospectus Evaluator s, the report authors concluded that the “lack of female-led IPOs suggests a potentially larger problem — a gender-based capital gap for new ventures.”

IPO 179

IPO Organizational Behavior Download Finance 179

Women on Business

MAY 4, 2012

A new study from MBO Partners reports that 77% these women are satisfied and 74% plan on remaining in independent work. Statistics show women are joining the growing independent consulting sector at a rapid pace. Women make up less than half (47%) of the traditional workforce, but they make up 53% (8.5 million) of the independent workforce.

MBO 269

MBO Consultative Survey Report 269

Women on Business

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Devin Banerjee shares the following additional information from the NAIC report with Bloomberg: “At nine of those 10 biggest private-equity firms industrywide, women account for an average 8.1% That’s significantly higher than the 3.7% rate of return for the U.S. private-equity industry during the same time period.

Rate of Return 165

Rate of Return Asset Management Banking Report 165

Women on Business

DECEMBER 22, 2012

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: The WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD) Global Nominating Commission’s Call to Action (part of the organization’s “Best Practices for Director Selection and Development” report released this month) offers a 10-point action plan to increase the number of women on corporate boards. Expand the pool.

Committee 189

Committee Diversity Globalization Class 189

Women on Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE; Research from the Zenger/Folkman, a leadership development consultancy, reveals that women are rated as better overall leaders by their peers, bosses, direct reports, and other associates than their male counterparts. At the next management level down, 60% are men.

Self-aware 256

Self-aware Teamwork Review Report 256

Women on Business

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

To date, nine countries have created some kind of quota requirements for corporate board diversity and another 20 have added some type of requirement for companies to address corporate board diversity in their annual reports. Despite these efforts to boost board diversity, women and other minorities are still grossly underrepresented.

Benchmarking 193

Benchmarking Diversity Report Policies 193

Women on Business

JULY 18, 2012

” Catalyst studied the approach used at one company, Rockwell Automation, and put together a free research report that found participants became far more accepting of the notion of white male privilegeandshowed improvement in five critical diversity-related, relationship-building behaviors: Critical thinking about social groups.

Training 177

Training Diversity Participative Report 177

Women on Business

MAY 4, 2011

Yesterday I was interviewed by a reporter writing for CareerBuilder on negotiating for women in business, and the data from a study by John Becker-Blease of Oregon State University , and his colleagues from Loyola Marymount University and Trinity College , came to mind. As reported in U.S. They determined that 7.2% for women and 2.8%

Execution 233

Execution Analysis Report Survey 233

Women on Business

JULY 26, 2012

Amy Tennery of The Jane Dough writes: “The report: A survey of men and women from 1998 to 2009 shows that women 65 years of age and older have a median income that’s 25 percent lower than that of their male counterparts, according to Bloomberg.

Report 174

Report Survey Course Article 174

Women on Business

OCTOBER 4, 2012

According to the August 2012 Women’s Earnings and Income report from Catalyst, the following statistics are accurate: The median annual earnings for full-time, year-round women workers in 2010 was $36,931 compared to men’s $47,715. Links to sources are also available in the Catalyst report. The biggest wage gap in the U.S.

Follow-up 214

Follow-up Report Industry Career 214

Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

In a report earlier this year, the Op-Ed Project said 33% of op-eds in the Huffington Post and on Salon were written by women. I’m happy to report that four years later, I do see more women writing and talking about business online.

Diversity 237

Diversity Media Magazine Report 237

Women on Business

OCTOBER 30, 2012

A former lifestyles magazine editor and reporter covering an array of topics including philanthropy and business, health and well-being, sustainability, fashion, music and food, Dawn entered the public relations and social media field in 2010 as Executive Partner of The Whole Enchilada PR , now the culinary division of The Warden Ettinger Group.

PR 247

PR Team Public Relations Fashion 247

Women on Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

You can read the full report here. ESG is a widely accepted measure of corporate sustainability for investors and is used to analyze risk management, opportunity recognition, and strong leadership. Get the details: More Female Board Directors Add Up to Improved Sustainability Performance via www.newswise.com.

Risk Management 272

Risk Management Report Company Management 272

Women on Business

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The organization has been tracking the pay gap for decades, but this report marks the first time they looked at the data from the beginning of college-educated workers’ careers. Corbett, AAUW senior researcher and co-author of the report], said the findings demonstrate how much women struggle because of the gender pay gap.

Education 177

Education Report Career Examples 177

Women on Business

AUGUST 13, 2012

The top 25 companies according to this report are: MITRE. NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: For the second year, Glassdoor.com has released its list of the top 25 companies for work-life balance. The 2012 list was compiled from employee feedback gathered throughout the past year. North Highland. Agilent Technologies. SAS Institute. CareerBuilder.

Reis 192

Reis Company Agility Consultative 192

Women on Business

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Track your performance throughout the year: Provide a detailed report showing what you delivered above your annual objectives. Highlights from Sophie’s pay raise negotiation tips include: Put your accomplishments in writing: Compare what you’ve done to what your job description says. What are your tips for negotiating a pay raise?

Tips 237

Tips Succession Tactics Review 237

Women on Business

JULY 31, 2012

. “Shares of companies with a market capitalization of more than $10 billion and with women board members outperformed comparable businesses with all-male boards by 26 percent worldwide over a period of six years, according to a report by the Credit Suisse Research Institute, created in 2008 to analyze trends expected to affect global markets.”

Company 226

Company Trends Diversity Globalization 226

Women on Business

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Robert Frank of CNBC shared some important statistics from the Credit Suisse Global Wealth 2012 report about the status of millionaires around the world, including: The number of millionaires in the United States will more than double in the next five years (53% increase). The United States will have 16.9 millionaires by 2017.

Globalization 127

Globalization Report 127

Women on Business

JANUARY 10, 2013

According to them you could safely read the paper and drive, or perhaps type a report? If you travel as a team, this can make you much more effective as people use the internet, conduct research, and type up reports as someone drives. Audi is testing out a system that will enable a car to virtually drive itself. Live web browsing.

Travel 244

Travel Video System Insurance 244