Harvey Schachter, today at 7:31 AM EDT
What drives and sustains successful female leaders? McKinsey & Co. management consultants found after interviewing 85 women around the world that five broad and interrelated dimensions are key. In The McKinsey Quarterly, consultants Joanna Barsh, Susie Cranston and Rebecca Craske present their Centred Leadership model:
Meaning
You must find your own [...]

Adam Taylor, For The Calgary Herald
Published: Monday, September 29, 2008
In an election campaign where our economic future is increasingly shaping up to be the ballot question, it is not only important, but indeed a responsibility, that each party cost their platform.
To their credit, the Liberals did just that recently by releasing Richer, Fairer, Greener: An Action [...]

DON MACDONALD, The Gazette
Published: 4 hours ago
What is it about September that makes it the worst month in the stock market?
Perhaps, it’s those back-to-work, end-of-summer blues. Or could it be the depressing effect of shorter days as a University of Toronto finance professor has theorized?
How about the prospect of global financial catastrophe? Definitely unhelpful.

What a week [...]

When brands are linked to iconic founders, outliving them is a tricky task. At Newman’s Own, leaders are laying plans for the brand to reach the next generation.
By Lenora Chu
September 27, 2008: 12:35 PM ET

Family businesses fight long odds

Two-thirds of family businesses fold before reaching the second generation, and just 12% make it to the [...]

GWYN MORGAN
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September 29, 2008 at 6:00 AM EDT

My July 7 column stated: “The only thing that will lower oil prices is a reduction in worldwide consumption, and that can only happen if there is a worldwide recession. Canada faces a particularly worrying economic prospect because the country responsible for [...]

BOYD ERMAN
From Monday’s Globe and Mail
September 29, 2008 at 3:48 AM EDT

Canadian banks are likely to take a pass on participating in the U.S. financial-sector aid package because the terms are too onerous, although the plan to take troubled assets off the balance sheets of lenders may open the way to acquisition opportunities.
The aid proposal, [...]

Almost everyone agrees that a recession - and an election - is imminent. Here are five steps to protect yourself.

By Deirdre McMurdy
September 05, 2008

For all the whispers and speculation about a federal election this fall, there are two things that ensure it will happen.

First, based on current forecasts, the domestic economy is going to get [...]

Are you earning the paycheque you should? Is your net worth on target? We’ve peeked into wallets across the country to reveal the surprising answers.

By Ian McGugan and Phil Froats
January 04, 2008

Our personal balance sheets are closely guarded secrets. We rarely discuss how much we make or how much we’re worth even with our closest [...]

Tom Raum, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
September 28, 2008

WASHINGTON - The proposal to bail out U.S. financial markets to the tune of up to $700 billion creates a lot of potential short-term winners, as well as some losers.

Wall Street and the banking industry are perhaps the biggest winners. Scores of banks and other financial institutions faced with [...]

Jeannine Aversa, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
September 28, 2008

WASHINGTON - The New Deal it is not.

The U.S. government’s biggest economic bailout since the Great Depression is aimed not at relieving unemployment or reforming questionable business practices, but at resuscitating financial markets debilitated by lousy bets on the housing market.

Put simply, the hastily crafted plan legislators agreed to [...]