Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: The 2012 Board of Directors Survey, which was conducted by WomenCorporate Directors (WCD), Heidrick & Struggles, Professor Boris Groysberg of the Harvard Business School, and researcher Deborah Bell, was released today. 38%) – versus 30% of directors in the U.S., combining men and women.

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: According to a recent survey of 300 women entrepreneurs, 23% of women entrepreneurs left their secure, well-paying corporate jobs and struck out on their own to escape what they believed to be a toxic culture in the corporate world.

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Women on Business

MAY 4, 2012

MBO Partners released an infographic that highlights all of the key findings about women independent consultants from the survey, which you can see below (click the image to view it at full size).

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Bolt Insurance put together the infographic below to identify the biggest reasons why employees leave their jobs and companies using information about the biggest stress inducers identified through research by the American Psychological Association and information about reasons employees leave companies from a Gallup survey.

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Women on Business

JULY 24, 2012

As Caitlin Berens of Inc.com points out, “Despite high growth rates, the survey held some less cheery news for female entrepreneurs: Woman-owned businesses only contribute 4% of total U.S. Of course, things are far from perfect for women-owned businesses. business revenues–$1.3

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: In a study that surveyed hundreds of members of the American Economic Association, one thing stood out — there is a significant gender gap in male and female economists’ views on economic policy issues. READ MORE NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATES FROM WOMEN ON BUSINESS.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

However, despite all of the changes that have occurred, the 2010 Catalyst Census and surveys by CareerCurve Workforce Solutions have shown there is still a “glass ceiling” in the workplace. It has gone from something unusual and strange to the norm in society to have both members of a household working in steady jobs.

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Women on Business

JULY 11, 2012

The numbers are higher than most people probably think according to the 2012 Social Recruiting Survey from Jobvite. Thanks to social recruiting, the 1,000+ human resources and recruiting professionals who responded to the Jobvite survey claimed they’re finding more candidates as well as better qualified candidates.

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Women on Business

JULY 11, 2012

The numbers are higher than most people probably think according to the 2012 Social Recruiting Survey from Jobvite. Thanks to social recruiting, the 1,000+ human resources and recruiting professionals who responded to the Jobvite survey claimed they’re finding more candidates as well as better qualified candidates.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 13, 2011

I recently stumbled upon a women and workplace survey from MORE magazine which raises the question of the ambition of women, and lays out data from the survey related to what we really want from our careers. Stat: 43% of the women surveyed say they are less ambitious now than they were a decade ago.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 4, 2011

A Citibank survey shows that women still have hope that their own personal financial situation will change for the better, despite what is going on with most of the economic world. One thing women are good at dealing with is change, especially women business owners and entrepreneurs. We adapt, change and morph with the times.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

A survey of Australia’s top business women by Telstra found that 92% of the most successful business women put more value on teamwork than on their individual achievements. Instead of self-promoting, women typically downplay their achievements and hype teamwork.

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Women on Business

MARCH 4, 2013

The research surveyed 4,100 professionals in 33 countries, and found that work-life-balance is the number one indicator of career success (56%) above money (46%), recognition (42%), and autonomy (42%).

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Women on Business

MARCH 17, 2012

Survey Your Employees. Another approach to gather feedback from employees is to give them an employee satisfaction survey. While a direct question may not get a response right away, encourage employees to come to you if they think of something in the future.

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Women on Business

MARCH 22, 2011

Many businesses ask their clients to rate their service via a survey. Many times we don’t get honest, insightful and helpful feedback because people are afraid to tell us the truth. It takes too much energy to tell someone how they can improve, and frankly, they don’t care.

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Women on Business

JULY 18, 2012

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Catalyst released a new report as part of its Engaging Men series, which aims to identify the critical role men (particularly white men) play in creating inclusive workplaces, starting with inclusive leadership.The authors explain: “In a rarely done study, Catalyst surveyed a group of Rockwell Automation people managers—mostly (..)

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Women on Business

MAY 4, 2011

of women executives in the survey left their jobs, compared to 3.8% The researchers determined if departures were voluntary or involuntary based on evaluating public news accounts of each executive. They determined that 7.2% Based on their analysis, voluntary rates were 4.3% for women and 2.8% for men, and involuntary rates were 2.9%

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Women on Business

JUNE 13, 2012

According to a 2010 Virtual Teams Survey Report, respondents identified lack of clear leadership as a major obstacle for virtual teams and cited the need for an improved management process. The Virtual Teams Survey Report lists inadequate time to build relationships as one of the top five challenges for virtual teams.

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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.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 17, 2012

2007: According to a New York Times survey of 265 HR professionals and diversity specialists from companies with 10,000 employees, 55 percent of participants report having a diversity department, and more than 80 percent report mandatory or voluntary diversity training for all levels of employees.

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Women on Business

MARCH 8, 2013

Today, I’m sharing information from a new study by Calvert Investments, Examining the Cracks in the Ceiling: A Survey of Corporate Diversity Practices of the S&P 100. Yesterday, I shared a slideshow filled with data about the business gender gap that has been published over the past two years.

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Women on Business

AUGUST 12, 2011

According to the Pew Research Center Social and Demographic surveys, women are more honest, compassionate, outgoing, and creative; all important traits those are a few of the most of effective leaders. So why are most of the leaders in modern America men?

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Women on Business

JULY 20, 2011

A picture of what’s going on in companies around the country, based on the survey of WorldatWork members who work in HR and compensation departments, primarily for large companies in the U.S. (I’m not clear on whether these raises have all taken effect or if some are projected throughout the rest of the year.). There it is.

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Women on Business

JULY 25, 2012

Additionally according to the Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College and Business Civic Leadership Center in 2005 64% of executives surveyed say that corporate citizenship produces a tangible contribution to the company bottom line. Among executives at large companies, 84% see direct bottom-line benefits. It feeds on itself.

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Women on Business

MARCH 8, 2011

Other ways to uncover causes for dissatisfaction include employee surveys, town hall meetings and portals that allow for interactive discussions. When we survey employees, some of the most positive feedback is about simply getting together with colleagues, sharing what they’re working on and connecting with peers. 5. Communicate.

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Women on Business

JUNE 30, 2011

of women executives in the survey left their jobs, compared to 3.8% Recently I blogged about research indicating that women executives are more than twice as likely to leave their jobs as men. As reported in U.S. News , the researchers determined that 7.2% This consisted of both voluntary and involuntary. departures.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Replace as much repetitive paper as you can with a web-based version, such as a web form, a survey, an online course, an online submission process, a digital download, a web-based process, or an e-store. What kinds of technical solutions can you offer your clients or customers?

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

From the recent survey compiled by Microsoft, of the 85 female board members polled, 81% agree that remote working improves their job satisfaction and 73% of them believe technology allows them to be just as productive as they would be in the office.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Of the countries surveyed only 20% of countries mandated female corporate board members, 30% have political participation mandates.

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Education Benchmarking Report Politics 172

Women on Business

JUNE 15, 2012

According to the same American Express survey, 40% of consumers have not completed a transition or made a purchase because of poor customer service. Now I know you’re probably not thinking of hitting the slopes yet this year, but I do want to let you know about a fabulous parka we have on sale…”. Poor Service Leads to Lost Sales. In the U.S.,

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

. - 73% of women mangers believe that there are barriers preventing them from progressing to the top levels – the glass ceiling. - 20% of men will apply for a role despite only partially meeting its criteria, compared to 14% of women. - 41% of women surveyed are childless, compared to 28% of men. - 70% of men have (..)

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Women on Business

JANUARY 4, 2012

In it, the author, Autumn McReynolds, shared what she believed to be tactics to avoid with your resume, based on the annual CareerBuilder survey. I recently came across an article on MSN careers, titled 20 Unusual Resume Tactics to Avoid. These 20 tactics were: Candidate said the more you paid him, the harder he worked.

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Women on Business

APRIL 25, 2012

do surveys with your current clients and ask them directly what they would like you to produce or services that you can provide to them. Here are some key points to be aware of: * understand your market. feed the needs of your market, get to know their wants and likes, desires so you can be the one who fulfills them. *

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Women on Business

APRIL 18, 2011

In the survey, one woman said, “Men would tend to apply for jobs if they had 30 percent of the job requirements. The men see the promotion as an opportunity to jump forward and they figure they’ll be able to handle whatever the position entails – or they’ll find the resources and support to do so. This is true.

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Women on Business

MAY 15, 2012

You can gain insight on what they want based on surveying your list to find out what they want help with. First: Research content that your client wants to know and then write about it. Do not blog random material and expect readers to stick.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Recent data shows the majority of companies worldwide (71 percent) don’t have a clearly defined strategy for grooming and developing women as company leaders, according to a 2011 Women’s Leadership Development Survey conducted by Mercer.

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Women on Business

APRIL 20, 2011

She wrote in the Wall Street Journal , “The Department of Labor’s Time Use survey shows that full-time working women spend an average of 8.01 She even said that women tend to spend less time on the job than men do. Not all women, of course. We know who we are.). hours per day on the job, compared to 8.75 hours for full-time working men.

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