National Edition - September 24, 2006
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Female bosses gain in small firms
News from across the pond: an English study by the Chartered Management Institute affirms that female CEOs at small- and medium-sized companies are, for the first time, out-earning their male counterparts. Are these the first signs of a seismic shift towards a matriarchal business world?
(Source: Guardian Unlimited)
You are what you eat at work
Despite all of the corporate lip service spouted in the workplace about balance and healthy lifestyles, there's a major "disconnect" judging by the choices available to employees in most company lunchrooms. Perhaps, the cafeteria's menu belies corporate interests of having sugar-rushed, caffeine-addled employees clattering away at their workstations.
(Source: ABC News)
Out at work, and that's OK
An annual report by a gay rights organization concluded that American corporations are doing much, much more for their gay, lesbian and transgender employees, based on several important facets of a company's corporate culture, from benefits to advertising. In fact, this year, a total of 138 companies received a perfect score, up from just 13 in 2002, the first year of the study. Fabulous!
(Source: San Francisco Chronicle)
Ryder Cup team helping students get on course for business success
Just when you thought that an MBA couldn't get any tougher, "business golf" - a.k.a. "putting for credits" - is making its way onto the curriculum of an increasing number of leading business schools. Once the bastion of the Old Boys Network, classes in golf can give female MBA students a leg up in the business world, graduating with a foothold into this arcane male-dominated arena.
(Source: USA Today)
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Do you… dream of memory-foam mattress? According to a study commissioned by Swedish furniture giant, Ikea, Canada is among the worst-rested nations.
- Canadians are the worst sleepers in the world, which can have serious consequences in the workplace.
- The survey of more than 1,000 Canadians found that only 53 per cent of respondents feel that they get a good night's sleep.
- This is compared with 79 per cent of respondents in Switzerland, 73 per cent in Norway and 71 per cent in Russia.
(Source: Canadian HR Reporter)
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