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Mine's Bigger than Yours: Challenges of Being a Female Breadwinner
Article 05/12/11 Shhhh… The woman in the office next to you, your high-flying sister, perhaps even you… is earning more than her male partner. More and more women do, yet it’s a secret we don&rsquo
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Yonda Poslavsky
Column 23/09/10 Four relatively simple questions keep us sharp in terms of priorities and responsibilities. They are handy in determining whether or not our expectations are realistic. Yonda says in res
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Women in Technology - Let's keep the momentum NOW!
Lydia Duijvestijn
Blog 05/06/11 In October 2009 in my first LEAP! blog I asked myself and you the question, what sort of networks are needed to include female technical professionals and help them progress. Do we need separate netwo
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Diversity 05/09/09 IBM has a long history of commitment to Diversity and has consistently taken the lead on Diversity policies long before it was required by law.
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Is feedback hard to swallow for women?
Yonda Poslavsky
Column 02/09/10 Women, in my experience, find it harder to deal with criticism or feedback as it is: something related to what they’ve done and not who they are. The question was brought to my att
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We proudly present: Groundbreakers
Proudly 07/09/09 We strongly believe in the power of women’s leadership, not only within our own organization, but also in our communities – the world we live in. The Ernst & Young Grou
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Mijntje Lückerath: Towards a balanced composition?
Mijntje Lückerath-Rovers
Column 12/07/10 Will Dutch corporates manage to have 30 percent women in their executive and supervisory boards without government interference such as quotas? Dr Mijntje Luckerath-Rovers rev
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Competent and likeable: female lawyers can be both!
Article 31/01/11 How does the likeability/competence double-bind affect female lawyers today? According to some new research, it doesn’t!
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Employee 2.0 versus previous generations
Yonda Poslavsky
Column 07/05/10 Marjolein wanted to work part-time, but has decided against it after elder colleagues gave her ‘the ins and outs on how hard their generation fought to be accepted in the workforce
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Diversity – as diverse as our customers and products
Diversity 05/09/09 Diversity is crucial to our success. As a truly global business Unilever aims to attract the best talent – from every gender, nationality and creed.
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Why Don't Women Close the Deal?
Beth Ruske
Column 26/11/09 Being natural networkers and relationship builders, women share information openly and collaborate instinctively on almost anything. But they don’t use these relationships for business gain. So
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Proudly 05/09/09 IBM has long recognised the important contribution women make to the company. It hired women as system services professionals back in 1935 and named its first female vice-president in 1943. It has bee
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Reputations: managing your most valuable asset
Karin Roeleveld
Column 08/10/09 A reputation is one of your most valuable corporate assets. And as the saying goes: It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it. Every week Karin Roelevel
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Article 08/11/10 Queen Bee behavior by senior female leaders makes the glass ceiling thicker. This rather sad but interesting conclusion can be drawn from new research by Gonda de Groot. It shows
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Diversity 05/09/09 Dutch surveys give Shell high marks as employer for female professionals and parents
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You stand out more as a woman in a group of men
Proudly 04/09/09 2009 was an exceptional year for me. Following Joop Wijn’s sudden departure from Rabobank, I took over his role as Director of the SME Directorate at Rabobank Nederland on an interim basis.
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LEAP Connected Ambition Highlights
Article 17/09/10 The pictures said it all: the LEAP Connected Ambition Event –powered by IBM, was a dazzling success. Here are some of the hig
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Diversity 04/09/09 One of Randstad’s major goals is to find and retain talent. We are not bound by race, gender, cultural background, religion, preferences or physical appearance. Female talent is one of the group
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Bea Haring: ‘Show some grit and be yourself’
Proudly 04/09/09 Since 2008 Bea Haring has had the distinction of being the first woman on Ernst & Young’s Executive Committee, and a standard bearer for female leadership.
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Article 16/09/10 Earlier this year, Ann De Jaeger wrote ‘we need a distinctively different next generation business model if women
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Diversity 04/09/09 As we are a global firm, Diversity and Inclusiveness (D&I) is one of Ernst & Young’s top priorities.
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Change Consultancy with Maaike Kamphuis
Article 09/09/10 As an HR change consultant at IBM, Maaike Kamphuis focuses on collaboration at work and bringing people together, irrespective of their physical location, department or position.
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LEAP Ambition event: The Speakers (4) Araz Najarian
Article 02/09/10 Araz Najarian is responsible for designing and delivering projects enabling the development of next generation leadership in various organisations; from transport and logistics to telecom
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“Allow yourself to float and experiment”
Article 06/07/10 We’re continuing the World Café debate at the LEAP Energy event online, and ask: how far are you in self-leadership and in your leadership journey? Corrine Petrus, senior manager
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Article 02/07/10 “Self-development means taking a closer look at yourself. It’s so easy to tell a jolly story about renewal and growth. But let’s look at the character traits we all have but
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LEAP Energy Event at Ernst & Young
Article 16/06/10 The LEAP Energy event at Ernst & Young’s on 15 June left everyone energised. We hope our guests gained new insights and made new connections too. Check our first photo impress
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Karin Jironet: academic, spiritualist, leader
Article 27/05/10 The LEAP self-leadership event on 15 June – Get energised by the leader in you! - is approaching. Time for some sneak previews of the speakers. First off: Karin Jironet, who
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Activating the future by building ‘Brand Me’
Article 08/05/10 The output generated at the LEAP leadership event in March shows that we need a distinctively different next generation business model if women are to lead the way. ELP’s Brand Me
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Creating the leadership landscape
Article 08/05/10 At the LEAP Leadership event powered by Philips, on 4 March keynote speaker
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Success factors of female leadership
Article 21/12/09 There are many answers to the question why women don’t make it to the top. They’re not ambitious, top management is no part time job, and what have you. Nobody denies there is a problem. S
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Article 27/10/09 Only slight increase in women on the BoardOn October 22nd, the third Dutch ‘Female Board Index 2009’ was published. This index provides an over
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WomeninIT awards for female role models in ICT
Article 07/10/09 On the 3rd of November 2009 WomeninIT will award 3 prices for female role models in ICT...
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Poll: I manage My Money at home...
Article 07/10/09 How do you manage your personal finance?Share your views!
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LEAP Inspiration Event a success!
Article 17/09/09 On Thursday, 10 September, some 250 women came together at Loyens & Loeff to celebrated the launch of LEAP! With speakers, panel discussions and workshops, and a nice glass of wine afterwards. Tak
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Article 09/09/09 A female top manager working for an international company got a new position in the company. To properly prepare for her new function, she asked a Phyleon coach for a few sessions.
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