2013 Women on Boards Survey Finds the Gender Gap Closed 1.7% Since 2009

May 21, 2013
by Susan Gunelius
Statistics, Facts & Research
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The number of women on the corporate boards at 5,977 companies in 47 countries across the globe has increased by just 0.5% since 2012 and only 1.7% since 2009. Those statistics come from GMI Ratings’ 2013 Women on Boards Survey as reported by Kimberly Gladman, Director of Research and Risk Analytics at GovernanceMetrics International. Gladman [...]

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Tips for Minority Women on Leaning In

May 20, 2013
by Guest Contributor
Guest Posts
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Guest post by Claudia Chan (learn more about the author at the end of the article): Role models are one of the most important factors in helping us see what we can become. But minority women can often feel like it’s difficult to find role models who look like the people they see in the [...]

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Just 4 out of 10 Male Senior Executives Believe More Women are Needed in Senior Positions

May 19, 2013 • by Susan Gunelius 1 comment
Equality

New research from the Conference Board of Canada found that just 42% of male senior executives agree that more women are needed in senior-level positions versus 90% of female senior executives. Interestingly, the percentage of males who believe more women are needed in the senior ranks increases in inverse proportion to the hierarchical level of [...]

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Study Finds Women are More Ethical at Work than Men

May 18, 2013 • by Susan Gunelius 8 comments
Statistics, Facts & Research

A research team at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School released a new study that shows, “women are less willing to sacrifice ethical values for money and social status and that women associate business with immorality more strongly,” CNN reports. The research involved three separate studies with a main element focusing on a series of [...]

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Mobile-Friendly Email Design – What It Is and Why It Matters [Infographic]

May 16, 2013 • by Susan Gunelius 1 comment
Infographics

It is more important than ever to ensure your email marketing campaigns are mobile-friendly. Thanks to responsive mobile email design techniques, it’s also easier than ever to make your email marketing campaigns mobile-friendly. According to the new “Mobile Friendly Emails” infographic from Email Monks, 75% of companies do not optimize email for mobile viewing yet. [...]

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Getting Ahead!

May 15, 2013 • by Guest Contributor 0 comments
Guest Posts

Guest post by Ramona Clay (learn more about the author at the end of the article): Can you imagine waking up excited to go to work? Passionate about what you do? Generating money and opportunities that match your level of enthusiasm? As a career strategist, I help individuals fulfill their passions in life; especially, those [...]

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Women on Boards – Leading Companies of Silicon Valley

May 14, 2013 • by Susan Gunelius 0 comments
Equality

Which companies in Silicon Valley have the most women on boards? That’s the question Bryce Druzen answered yesterday on the Silicon Valley Business Journal website. Not surprisingly, Druzen found that only 16.9% of Silicon Valley companies have women corporate board members. You can see how the companies in the tech capitol of the United States [...]

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Employees or Independent Contractors? The IRS Is Watching

May 12, 2013 • by Susan Gunelius 1 comment
Human Resources Issues

Do you use independent contractors to provide services to your business? They might not be independent contractors according to IRS rules. In fact, they might be considered employees by the IRS, and you could get into trouble if you’re not treating them as employees complete with necessary payroll tax payments, Medicare and Social Security withholdings, [...]

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Can Marissa Mayer Really Turn Around Yahoo?

May 11, 2013 • by Guest Contributor 1 comment
Guest Posts

Guest post by Stacy Hilliard (learn more about the author at the end of the article): Last summer, Marissa Mayer was named the CEO, director and president of Yahoo. Prior to taking that position, she worked for more than a decade at Google and helped launch more than 100 features and products. A piece from [...]

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The Ties That Bind

May 11, 2013 • by Leona Charles 0 comments
Female Entrepreneurs

In the past year I have found myself talking about partnership an awful lot. As one partnership crashed and burned this week and several other began, here is some advice I have learned. Understand your value When you are starting out I don’t care how much you think you know, you don’t know as much [...]

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