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holiday challenge: keeping your head in the game

Women on Business

So along comes another holiday season, and while one hemisphere of my brain is actively engaged in PR Land, the other is working out the necessary details of fulfilling wish lists, crafting my annual greeting card, decorating the house, getting the older kids home from college… you know the drill. And, doing both well.

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Female Leadership on the Decline in Canada :: Women on Business

Women on Business

CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), found that the number of women in top executives positions in Canada has fallen over the past year from 37 women in the highest-paying executive jobs in 2006 to just 31 in 2007. Furthermore, of the 535 highest paid and most senior positions at those companies, only 5.8% are held by women (down from 6.9%

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Avon CEO Andrea Jung Takes Seat on Apple's Board :: Women on Business

Women on Business

She’s taking over the seat formerly occupied by Apple’s former CFO, John Anderson, who resigned amidst a stock options backdating scandal. Andrea Jung was an executive vice president at Neiman-Marcus before she joined Avon in 1996. Avon’s stock price was up 15% in 2007.Â

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Leadership and Product Management

Lead on Purpose

Marketing: When most people hear the word ‘marketing,’ the duties of PR and marcom are how they usually interpret it. Smart product managers know the value of having allies in the CFO’s office. They get the most up-to-date, critical information from customers of any group in the company.

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Why Is Resilience So Hard?

Harvard Business Review

In the words of my friend, and former Microsoft CFO, Frank Gaudette: “I reserve the right to wake up smarter every day.”. The PR leader, mentioned earlier, got her idea for accreditation by reaching out to a peer support group of fellow female PR leaders. Center your mind, body and spirit.

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An Investigation of Online Reviews Uncovers a World of Lies

Harvard Business Review

Fortune It was perhaps this summer''s most chilling business story: the suicide of Zurich Insurance Group CFO Pierre Wauthier, who left a note condemning the company''s chair, Josef Ackermann. Unanswered Questions Tragedy in Switzerland: What Drove Two Top Executives to Suicide?

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Case Study: A Short-Seller Crashes the Party

Harvard Business Review

Densmor, Terranola’s CFO, saw those words on Twitter about one minute after Hughes had uttered them. They called in the company’s investor relations and PR chiefs and, after a long discussion, agreed to hunker down and watch how the situation played out. As CFO, A.J. Jeremiah Hughes is talking trash about us!” I know,” A.J.