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4 Ways Small Businesses Can Attract and Retain Young Talent

By Nicki Sanders | Jul 31, 2019 | Comments Off on 4 Ways Small Businesses Can Attract and Retain Young Talent

4 Ways Small Businesses Can Attract and Retain Young Talent The global work demography is gradually shifting to young talent. Don’t be left behind. Toby Nwazor Entrepreneur Contributor There’s a strong connection between achieving business objectives and hiring the right talent, as your employees are integral to every stage of success. In addition, the desire to upscale your small business […]

Confidence Is Key to Overcoming Gender Bias at Work

By Nicki Sanders | Jul 29, 2019 | Comments Off on Confidence Is Key to Overcoming Gender Bias at Work

Confidence Is Key to Overcoming Gender Bias at Work By Carlyann Edwards Women face a number of challenges in the workplace. One of the most prevelant is overcoming confidence issues brought on by both internal and external perceptions and biases. Sexism in the workplace persists, and it has a direct impact on company culture. According […]

Why Women CEOs Matter Now More Than Ever

By Nicki Sanders | Jul 26, 2019 | Comments Off on Why Women CEOs Matter Now More Than Ever

Why Women CEOs Matter Now More Than Ever By Deborah Sweeney I was thrilled to discover in a recent Entrepreneur article that national trends in company leadership are moving toward placing women in CEO positions instead of men. The article states that, so far, 879 CEOs have left their roles in 2018. Of these CEOs, […]

Why the world needs more women CEOs

By Nicki Sanders | Jul 24, 2019 | Comments Off on Why the world needs more women CEOs

Why the world needs more women CEOs By Kiran Trehan Female CEOs of large firms are a rare breed. In the US in 2015, there were more CEOs called John running big companies in the US than women. In 2016, there were only six female CEOs in the firms covered by the FTSE 100 index […]

Missing: Women CEOs’ Career Development. Here’s How to Fix it.

By Nicki Sanders | Jul 22, 2019 | Comments Off on Missing: Women CEOs’ Career Development. Here’s How to Fix it.

Missing: Women CEOs’ Career Development. Here’s How to Fix it. By Candy Butler The pool of women executives is small not because of a lack of women’s ambition, but because we are missing opportunities to develop and inspire women executives earlier in their career. In David Gelles’s New York Times article “Missing: Women CEOs,” he makes […]

Nimble Leadership

By Nicki Sanders | Jul 19, 2019 | Comments Off on Nimble Leadership

Nimble Leadership By Deborah Ancona Elaine Backman Kate Isaacs Nobody has really recommended command-and-control leadership for a long time. But no fully formed alternative has emerged, either. That’s partly because high-level executives are ambivalent about changing their own behavior. They know perfectly well that their companies need to become more innovative—and they suspect it won’t […]

28 signs you’re a good boss — even if it doesn’t feel like it

By Nicki Sanders | Jul 17, 2019 | Comments Off on 28 signs you’re a good boss — even if it doesn’t feel like it

28 signs you’re a good boss — even if it doesn’t feel like it Jacquelyn Smith and Áine Cain Are you a good boss? How can you tell if you’re a good boss? You can’t just go out into the office and ask your employees. If you’re terrible, they have a vested interest in not […]

5 Ways To Tell You’re Being A Lousy Manager, And Turn That Around In One Day

By Nicki Sanders | Jul 15, 2019 | Comments Off on 5 Ways To Tell You’re Being A Lousy Manager, And Turn That Around In One Day

5 Ways To Tell You’re Being A Lousy Manager, And Turn That Around In One Day Kathy Caprino Forbes Senior Contributor We all know that there are many different kinds of managers and leaders. Some are empowering and thrilling to work for and grow under, and some are terrible despots who make our lives miserable. […]

When You’re Truly Good at Your Job, You Want to Hear the Ways You Suck at It

By Nicki Sanders | Jul 12, 2019 | Comments Off on When You’re Truly Good at Your Job, You Want to Hear the Ways You Suck at It

When You’re Truly Good at Your Job, You Want to Hear the Ways You Suck at It One of the most underrated ways to measure your professional success By Leah Fessler About six months ago, I quit a job I was very good at. I was a staff writer at a digital publication, and was in […]