Women MBAs are Changing the System
Mon 01 October 2012
, Tina Vasquez, www.theglasshammer.com
According to the GMAC Global Management Education Graduate Survey, 106,000 women took the GMAT exam last year and more than 1/3 of MBA students are women. As we’ve all heard, this means that there are more women MBAs than ever before. The problem? These highly educated women are encountering two massive road blocks: they’re struggling to find employment after graduation and those employed hit the second major hurdle that must be overcome by countless women across every industry, the glass ceiling. Women are half of the population and 36.8 percent of MBA holders, yet, compared to their male peers, they’re struggling.
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Success: If you want it, you have to give it away.
Mon 03 September 2012, LEAP redaktie, LEAP
“If you want love, you have to give it away. If you want money, you have to give it away. If you want success, you have to give it away” says Ken Blanchard, one of the world’s most influential figures on leadership and management. He has co-authored over 50 books and his book “The One Minute Manager’ , co-authored with Spencer Johnson, has sold more than 13 million copies. He has received many awards and honours for his contributions in the field of management, including The Thought Leadership award by Association of Learning Providers. In an interview with Graig Badings we found some interesting quotes for aspiring thought leaders.read more >
Use Failure as Fuel : construct an Anti-Bio
Mon 03 September 2012, Robin Madell, www.theglashammer.com
The failed start-up. The lost job. The botched client pitch. The college rejection letter. Most missteps along our career path make us cringe and want to put the experience out of sight and out of mind as quickly as possible. In our efforts to move on and put our best foot forward, we may omit setbacks from our professional stories that we tell others, and even from what we tell ourselves.
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