Guess what.  Six months from now we will be at the beginning of October. Shocking, isn't it, that those of you who are thinking of applying to business school in the first round have only six months to figure it all out. You've got a lot of tactical moves ahead of you, like taking the GMAT...

The Greg Smith resignation letter from Goldman Sachs is a big deal. And yes, it has some repercussions about leadership taught at MBA programs.

Already I’ve seen comparisons to Jerry Maguire , which I get, and Don Draper regarding quitting his tobacco client, which is a bit of a stretch. Click on this link  for the letter in its entirety.

Harvard Business Review recently published an article, Four Ways Women Stunt their Careers Unintentionally. The evils include avoiding self-promotion, neglecting to ask for what you want, shunning attention, and keeping silent. Illustrating some of these female vices, the article describes Sharon Allen, former CEO of Deloitte Touche, who was passed over...

Source: www.womenonbusiness.com found via twitter @womenonbuisness

Why You Want Women on Your Team

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I have long been a huge fan of the work Sylvia Ann Hewlett has done as the respected economist and founding president of the Center for Work-Life Policy.  She is a tireless, brilliant advocate for women and her work continues to be cutting edge.  I have read her books and have had the great honor to be an advisor to the Hidden Brain Drain Task Force since its inception. Sylvia Ann...

A question I've asked constantly over the last decade is "what are we building, creating, educating?" As in, what is the foundation for our economic growth, economic future?

This morning, I read and watched with interest Umair Haque's "America's Lost Decade(s)" (Harvard Business Review http://blogs.hbr.org/haque/2010/08/americas_lost_decade.html)

Umair asks "Is America headed for a lost decade? And is that why I relentlessly propose that the days of industrial age business as...