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Working Mothers Are Important Contributors to the U.S. Labor Force

HR Digest

Similarly, 42 percent of working mothers would look for higher pay, and 29 percent work seek additional training to boost their careers. The UN Women website states that by increasing female employment in OECD countries to match the levels presented by Sweden, GDP could be boosted by over $6 trillion.

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Macro and Micro Motivation

The Center For Leadership Studies

It is the study of employment, the forces of productivity and the factors impacting gross domestic product (GDP). Comparatively, consider the notion of a leadership cycle. A few words of explanation: I have come across little that explains the dynamics of macro motivation, leadership and change better than the work of Cy Wakeman.

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Women and the economy: an opportunity for growth

Strategy Driven

As Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund states: if women were employed at the same rate as men, GDP would increase by 5 percent in the United States, by 9 percent in Japan and by 27 percent in India. Women have a few powerful tools to find their way to success and leadership.

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Are CEOs Really India’s Leading Export?

Harvard Business Review

One estimate pegged the annual income of the Indian diaspora at about one-third of India’s GDP, with much of that coming from Silicon Valley. Global business Leadership Microsoft'

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The Social Network — College Edition

Harvard Business Review

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. 4% of US GDP). One in three students at American colleges and universities transfer at some point in their college career.

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The Global Rise of Female Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

If women''s labor participation were closer to male participation, it would contribute $1T to GDP in emerging economies — women led businesses are key to this opportunity. Programs like the Center for Women''s Entrepreneurial Leadership are innovating in the academic space.

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The One Type of Leader Who Can Turn Around a Failing School

Harvard Business Review

They often arrive with a reputation for being able to turn around a school quickly, as they’ve done this many times before in their career. By background they are normally Information Technology or Chemistry teachers (95% in our study), who have often moved out of the classroom to manage support staff early in their career.