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How to Become Truly Social

Coaching Tip

The companies that develop the deepest connections will generate more value for their customers and employees (and shareholders). As social media helps shift power to individual citizens and employees, leadership itself must shift with it. 4) Seek to inspire, not just motivate. 5) Invest in culture rather than governance.

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Women and the economy: an opportunity for growth

Strategy Driven

As Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund states: if women were employed at the same rate as men, GDP would increase by 5 percent in the United States, by 9 percent in Japan and by 27 percent in India. Gender inequality, as we can see, is a reality and not only in the developing countries.

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How GE and IBM are Playing Global Development to Win

Harvard Business Review

Most big corporations follow global development trends. That is the reactive approach to economic development. CEOs are proactively engaging with emerging market government to spur economic development and create opportunities for their companies. They are playing development to win. That is playing development to win.

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Working Mothers Are Important Contributors to the U.S. Labor Force

HR Digest

The UN Women website states that by increasing female employment in OECD countries to match the levels presented by Sweden, GDP could be boosted by over $6 trillion. These are indications for companies to seriously invest in the hiring and retention of women workers.

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The Case for Investing More in People

Harvard Business Review

Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. In the decade between 2005 and 2015, labor productivity in the US as measured by GDP per labor hour was less than 1% for 7 of the 10 years, according to the OECD. This includes more autonomy and agility as well as inspirational leadership. And wages are stagnant.

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The Global Rise of Female Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

While aggregated data is often challenging to find, the recent Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) found 126 million women starting or running businesses, and 98 million operating established (over three and a half years) businesses. Programs like the Center for Women''s Entrepreneurial Leadership are innovating in the academic space.

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Multiplication Philanthropy

Harvard Business Review

But once we find them, we should direct giving not toward the programs but toward the organizations' fundraising and development operations so that they can multiply the funds available for programs. It lumps fundraising in with finance, human resources, leadership training, technology, and other administrative functions.

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