September 20, 2011
When you picture what a farmer looks like, I wouldn’t be surprised if you think of a burly man with steel toe boots and coveralls riding around on some sort of heavy-duty machinery. But all that is changing, so it’s time to toss aside the stereotypes and forget the “norm.” In Michigan, more women are ...
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September 9, 2011
Australian businesswomen are attempting to blame their lack of climb up the success ladder on a lack of nannies. Wait, what?! Okay. I get their anger with the business world. For starters, there is only 16.4 percent women on Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) 100 boards and only 68 boards with women on the ASX 200 ...
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July 26, 2011
UK businessmen give into demands of relentless businesswomen, allow them entrance to the sacred boardroom. A code of conduct created by 20 leading executive search firms is now promising that 30 percent of board nominees for FTSE 350 companies will be women. “By implementing these principles and working with FTSE 350 chairs and boards, the ...
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