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Why Facebook – and every company – needs a diverse board blogs.reuters.com
The concern is not just with the absence of women on Facebook's...
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The “Third Team” Approach to Board Effectiveness strategy-business.com
A so-called third team, comprising both board members and executives...
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A Well Networked C-Suite For Improved Performance
Having a powerful executive team is not just a matter of obtaining...
The Right Role for Top Teams -
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How Do SME Manager-Leaders Differ?
The Weekend Financial Review asked 10 small-cap fund managers and...
Best small company CEOs
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The Language Of CEO Leadership
What's the key to a business' success? By analysing the most frequently used words of Australian CEOs you can identifying which things ...

CEO Survey Reveals Views On Growth, Risk, Talent and Innovation
The survey explores CEO confidence in their company’s growth prospects, and how they’re building local capabilities and creating new ...
15th Annual Global CEO Survey pwc.com
PwC's survey of CEOs' views on issues they face today: the global economic outlook, growth, risk, talent and innovation strategies in volatile times.

Private equity firms enjoy a number of natural advantages when it comes to building efficient, high-growth businesses, including a ...
Seven Value Creation Lessons from Private Equity strategy-business.com
What top-tier PE firms can teach public companies about creating and sustaining value over time.

Do the Job You're Meant to Do online.wsj.com
We all have a sweet spot where everything seems to flow: It's the intersection of our strengths, weaknesses, passions, and differences. We should plan our work and our lives so that we operate in that intersection.

Forget Networking. How to Be a Connector entrepreneur.com
We all know people like them, people who seem to know everyone. They're always able to help -- or if they can't, they know someone who can. You meet them for the first time and in 15 minutes, you're talking with them like...

Men don’t push eight pound human beings out of deeply personal places. Men don’t undergo hormonal changes every month. Men don’t have to be constantly reminded of what sexy looks like via a higher percentage...

The Secret Power Of Introverts - Forbes forbes.com
Author Susan Cain says the American cult of personality ignores the leadership qualities and quiet power of introverted employees.

Countering Excuses For Lack Of Women Directors
Here are three convenient non-excuses that boards make for their lack of business-building diversity – and to counter them.
Three Convenient Non-Excuses Keeping Women Off Boards theglasshammer.com
Why is it that, despite all the research pointing to the business value of boardroom diversity, companies still stubbornly refuse to open the boardroom door to diverse candidates? Here are three convenient non-excuses that boards make for their lack of business-building diversity – and to counter them.

From Capitalism to Talentism
Talent is a strong theme of this year's World Economic Forum at Davos
The Great Transformation – Shaping New Models weforum.org
The World Economic Forum (WEF) and its Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland

How Leaders Kill Meaning At Work
As an executive, you are in a better position than anyone to identify and articulate the higher purpose of what people do within your ...
How leaders kill meaning at work mckinseyquarterly.com
Senior executives routinely undermine creativity, productivity, and commitment by damaging the inner work lives of their employees in four avoidable ways. A McKinsey Quarterly Governance article.

A More Nuanced Approach To Creativity And Learning
Research strongly suggests that people are more creative when they enjoy privacy and freedom from interruption. And the most ...
The Rise of the New Groupthink nytimes.com
Collaboration is in. But it may not be conducive to creativity.

Flexibility Practices During Summer?
Childcare, school holiday programs and flexible hours are just a few mentioned here. Any others?
Enlightened corporations are allowing staff to make the most of their time during the summer heat.

Thinking, Fast and Slow
Two systems drive the way we think and make choices: System One is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System Two is slower, more ...

Key Issue For CEOs: Finding and Keeping Good People
One interesting result from this survey was that for the first time CEOs report that the issue most likely to keep them awake at night ...
CEO PULSE: Sweating the productivity question businessspectator.com.au
Our latest soundings on the mood of Australian chief executives suggest that at least it’s not getting any worse. There’s some patchiness, to be sure, but overall CEO sentiment appears to have stabilised. The fourth quarter...

Getting Ideas Off The Ground
This piece from Rosabeth Moss Kanter on how to achieve goals and ideas is worth reading or revisiting.
Five Powers that Get Ideas off the Ground - Rosabeth Moss Kanter - Harvard Business Review blogs.hbr.org
Getting ideas off the ground can require a power surge. I've seen that getting the credibility to reach important goals comes from uplifting actions that increase five personal and organizational powers.

What is the relationship between leadership, employee passion, customer devotion and profit, performance, reputation and other ...
How the Leadership-Profit Chain Works howwelead.org
"Profit is the applause you get for taking care of your customers and creating a motivating environment for your people" - Ken Blanchard

Despite all of the recent talk about the need for openness and corporate transparency, there is still one area where corporations tightly hold on to secrets … revealing who is/isn’t designated as “high-potential.” According to...

Growth In Young Volunteers
According to this research, young people expect volunteering to build their CVs. “They seek experiences which offer adventures and ...
What’s in it for me? Understanding Young Volunteers | Pro Bono Australia probonoaustralia.com.au
