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What Work Looks Like for Women in Their 50s

Harvard Business Review

A few years later, she joined a start-up called BioAmber, producing chemical intermediates using sugars instead of fossil fuels. ” Odile de Damas-Nottin was appointed Senior VP HR of oil group Total’s Marketing & Services division at age 52 and promoted to the TOTAL Group’s Executive Team (32 people) at 54.

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Internal Hires Need Just as Much Support as External Ones

Harvard Business Review

But just four months into his new job, as a business unit leader at a large specialty chemicals and plastics manufacturer, he was struggling with the challenges of handling a global business with more than 3000 employees. But Adrian was surprised at how hard he was finding it to climb the learning curve. What to do?