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| Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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Deloitte tops 1,000 women partners, principals and directors
Deloitte LLP has reached a milestone in the organization's history by exceeding the 1,000 mark for U.S. women partners, principals and directors, the company said. This achievement reflects Deloitte's enduring commitment to enhancing the pipeline of women and minority leaders through its Initiative for the Retention and Advancement of Women (WIN).
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Accenture to help Amsterdam become EU’s first ‘intelligent’ city
The City of Amsterdam has selected Accenture to help implement its ‘Amsterdam Smart City’ program and create the European Union’s first ‘intelligent’ city.
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How to get people to take responsibility
Sometimes people look for ways to avoid taking responsibility. Malcolm Sleath from coaching consultancy 12boxes suggests an approach for dealing with those who would stand by and let us do all the work.
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Accenture kicks off global employee eco challenge
Accenture employees around the globe can pledge to reduce their environmental impact at home and at work, as the company celebrates the United Nation’s World Environment Day and kicks off a three-month Eco Challenge to focus attention on sustainability. From now through August 31, Accenture employees can determine their carbon footprint and pledge to reduce it with eco-friendly actions and activities.
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Proudfoot Consulting now Alexander Proudfoot Company
Alexander Proudfoot founded the firm that bears his name in February 1946. The methods Proudfoot created and developed are today, widely-accepted business improvement practices.
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Sharp drop in salary increases in Asia Pacific
Pay rises are down by half what they were nine months ago.
Salary increase rates budgeted for 2009 across Asia Pacific have been cut by an average of 52 percent, according to a recent survey conducted by Watson Wyatt, a global consulting firm.
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Watson Wyatt opens office in Moscow
The setting up of the Moscow office according to Watson Wyatt is a response to increasing demand for its range of services in Russia.
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| Thought Leadership |
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Business and it’s unhealthy IT addiction
(Dominic Clayden and Richard Williams - Crimson, Procertis)
The rapidly increasing maturity and sheer capability of technology (software suites, middleware, monitoring / control systems and increasingly powerful hardware) should mean that IT is increasingly perceived as ‘easy’ - a real business enabler – but this isn’t happening.
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From the world's highest mountains - Lessons for leaders
(Eileen McDargh)
Leadership lessons learned by a business consultant and professional speaker during a trekking expedition through two remote provinces of the Indian Himalayas.
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