With 332 million existing users and two more people joining every second, LinkedIn is the top-of-mind network for professionals looking to advance their careers. LinkedIn offers five significant opportunities to expand your network that save time and escalate your visibility: Marketing Branding Networking Communicating Researching people Here are three areas … [Read more...]
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5 Secrets to Improve Your LinkedIn Profile to Gain a Corporate Board Seat
Did you know your LinkedIn profile can help you get a corporate board seat? It can also ruin your chances of getting a corporate board seat! Follow the five secrets below so your LinkedIn profile helps rather than hurts you: 1. Tie Your Strengths to Accomplishments First prioritize your strengths in relationship to a board seat. Then, show progress over your career of how … [Read more...]
How to Excel in Interviews with Recruiters for Corporate Board Seats
A key step to landing a position on a corporate board is to nail your interviews with recruiters. Board Guru™ Tracy Houston of Board Resource Services, LLC has provided some great information to Women on Business today that will help professionals excel in interviews with recruiters for corporate board seats. Following is the advice a corporate board candidate shared with … [Read more...]
Senator Urges SEC to Increase Diversity on Corporate Boards
In a letter sent today to Mary Jo White, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) urged the SEC to take steps to address the lack of representation of women and minorities on corporate boards. In his letter, Senator Casey cited several statistics from a recent Alliance Board for Diversity report to support his message, … [Read more...]
Women on Corporate Boards Are Better Decision Makers Than Men
In a new survey published by the International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics, which was based on a poll of 624 board directors in Canada, women on corporate boards are better decision makers than men on corporate boards. Linda Nguyen of the Canadian Press reports that according to the study, women are more likely to "rock the boat," be open to new ideas, and use … [Read more...]
5 Steps Women Can Take to Get on Corporate Boards
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Last week, I asked how we can increase the number of women on corporate boards and shared suggestions from women in executive-level positions gathered by AS/COA. In fact, you can find many statistics and facts about women on boards here on Women on Business. The data is quite clear. A diverse board that includes women typically improves performance … [Read more...]
How Can We Increase the Number of Women on Corporate Boards?
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Consider this--women hold approximately 16% of board seats in the United States, 7.2% in emerging markets, and just 5.6% in Latin America. That's despite the fact that there has been so much discussion about the need for boardroom diversity and more diversity in the C-suites, particularly for women to fill more of these positions. Despite the focus, … [Read more...]
One Woman on a Corporate Board Equals Fewer Accounting Errors
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: According to The Wall Street Journal, just 15.6% of corporate board seats at Fortune 1000 companies are held by women (up 1% from the prior year). What's most disheartening about this statistic is that research shows again and again that diversity creates stronger teams and higher outcomes. Melissa Korn of The Wall Street Journal explains: "Even the … [Read more...]
Gender Gap on Corporate Boards in Canada Creates Calls for Quotas
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Gender inequality at executive levels and on corporate boards of directors is a global problem. To date, nine countries have created some kind of quota requirements for corporate board diversity and another 20 have added some type of requirement for companies to address corporate board diversity in their annual reports. Despite these efforts to boost … [Read more...]
European Commission Calls for Gender Balance on Corporate Boards
Just 1 in 7 board members at Europe’s top companies is a woman, and the battle for gender balance on corporate boards continues. In a new video, the European Commission asks, "Do we want to wait another 40 years to reach a fair gender balance?" You can press the play button in the video player below to watch the video, which is very clever. Be warned, it doesn't start to get … [Read more...]