Monthly Archives: June 2009

The Secret of Success: Women PowerMinds Connecting

By: Christina Ioannidis, originally posted at Christinaioannidis.com One of the biggest challenges for women in business in breaking the “glass ceiling” is the lack of female role models in their organisations. Women who can lend a helping hand and extend … Continue reading

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The Cost of Disengagement: Diversity Strategies to save your Business Money

Did you know that, on average, employee costs can be calculated at 2.7 times of base salary. So, someone on £35,000 costs the business £94,500 (including national insurance (social security)/employment costs and minimal office space). Fanatics of Business Week would … Continue reading

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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-09

RT @DarkBlueBook: Retweet & you could win a copy of the DARK BLUE BOOK worth £49.99. The Who’s Who of Yacht Racing: http://snurl.com/jreow # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Gender Diversity: The Ying and Yang of Business

At times, the whole gender diversity discussion can easily fall into the positive discrimination banner. However, what is increasingly clear, is that both personal and scientific cross-roads are coinciding. Women and men are biologically different; and both bring positive attributes … Continue reading

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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-03

Looking forward to our Select senior women’s dinner in London next week! # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Organisational Restructuring: Leverage Diversity of Thinking

  So, your organisation has a set senior management team, and a concrete workforce. Given recent pressure to downsize, you have just undertaken a cost-cutting exercise and made “excess” staff redundant. In doing so, how did you decide the staff … Continue reading

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