Companies with Women in Leadership Roles Have Higher Profits Almost one-third of businesses studied by the Peterson Institute for International Economics had no women in the C-suite or on their corporate boards. Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, discusses however, the study, which was funded by EY, also found that companies where at least 30% of executive positions were held by women tended to have higher profits. To read the full article in CNN Money, click: Stunning Lack of Women in Corporate Leadership Roles Worldwide.
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Is transitioning into the CEO position all in your head? Or are there many intricacies involved you may not have thought of? Author David McCann for CFO Publishing, looks at Gary Burnison to share his views and his compelling narrative on the topic. To find out more on the CFO’s article, click: Moving from CFO to CEO: A Half Brainer.
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Do shareholders and boards have a reason to be concerned when a CEO separates or gets divorced? This is the question being asked in a fascinating white paper titled, Separation Anxiety: The impact of divorce on shareholders by David F. Larcker, Allan L. McCall and Brian Tayar of Stanford University Graduate Business School. The paper is part of the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance and Leadership. Under investigation are three potential ways in which a CEO divorce might impact a corporation and its shareholders. These include:…