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The Wall Street Journal reported Monday on a recent gathering of business leaders who comprised the Women in the Economy Executive Task Force. The group produced some excellent directives for C-suite executives on increasing the numbers of women in companies’ senior ranks. Female and male business leaders delivered guidelines for...

Source: http://blogs.forbes.com in WomensMedia by Aditin Mohaparta on 8/2/2011

Three college degrees for every two earned by a man. 85% of purchasing decisions. Nearly 50% of the workforce. And yet, the tiniest of chips in the glass ceilings of  boardrooms across corporate America with women holding just 

This month the McKinsey Qrtly published a series of insightful articles on women, talent & leadership, e.g. “Centred Leadership – How talented women thrive”.

Below is the exec. summary of the latest article: “The challenge of retaining and hiring women”, an interview with Beth Axelrod, an ex-McKinsey consultant who is now head of HR at eBay.

In an era of ever-intensifying competition for talent, companies that can appeal to and retaindifferent kinds...