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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

This is very true as it relates to organizations that are working to increase gender diversity at the leadership levels. 2 Comments 1 Tweets that mention Advocacy to Shift Culture :: Women on Business -- Topsy.com January 12th, 2011 at 12:36 pm [.] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Gretchen Glasscock, Mary L.

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Are You a Good Fit for Potential Employers?

Strategy Driven

If you are a functional expert, say in HR or finance, you might tend to think your skills are transferrable and can be applied anywhere. Human Resources in a consumer goods company, which might be product and sales oriented, is quite different from an industrial company where manufacturing plants and unions are the order of the day.

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It's Harder than Ever to Be a Senior Executive

Harvard Business Review

I've written about the rising significance of soft skills, including in the March 2011 issue of HBR (coauthored with Kevin L. The CIO has to know what's going on in finance and marketing, for instance, and P&L experience is important even for support functions like human resources.

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Possibility Maximizer: SelfGrowth.com

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! The Resource:    SelfGrowth.com What It Is:  SelfGrowth.com is a powerful online community founded by David Riklan that boasts almost 200,000 resources available to help people change their lives and realize their full potential.

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A New Vision for Retirement: Productive and Meaningful

Harvard Business Review

According to research from 2011 , some 31 million people ages 44 to 70 want encore careers that allow them to continue earning a living and give them meaning that has an impact beyond themselves. In late 2011 Intel announced that all retirement eligible employees in the U.S. They want to create a better world for future generations.