Thirty years ago, two Hungarian educators, László and Klara Polgár, decided to challenge the popular assumption that women don’t succeed in areas requiring spatial thinking, such as chess. They wanted to make a point about the power of education. The Polgárs homeschooled their three daughters, and as part of their education the girls started playing [...]
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The Making of an Expert
Posted by on January 30th, 2010
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Comments OffAre Your Best Female Employees a Flight Risk ?
Posted by on January 18th, 2010
Women are falling victim to two types of attrition: They’re being disproportionately let go and they’re disproportionately quitting. Yet whether they’re jumping or being pushed, figures show that a female exodus is bad for business.
Research conducted by both Catalyst and McKinsey & Company demonstrates that companies with significant numbers of women in management have a [...]
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Posted by on January 17th, 2010
On Jan. 5, Google (GOOG) did a very Apple-like thing. In a presentation at the Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif., the 11-year-old search behemoth unveiled Nexus One, a stylish touchscreen smartphone that runs on the company’s Android operating system, is sold through a Google-operated retail Web site, and greets the market with an advertising tagline [...]
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Posted by on January 16th, 2010
When you don’t like your job, going to work every day can be a challenge. Your problem might be with a bad manager, that you constantly feel stretched to the breaking point, or that you are resentful about taking a pay cut. Or, the whole environment may just feel toxic. You might need to stay [...]
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Posted by on January 16th, 2010
Microsoft has admitted that a flaw in its Internet Explorer web browser enabled hackers to gain access to Google’s system, an event that resulted in Google threatening to pull its operations in China.In a post on its Microsoft Security Response Center, director Mike Reavey said that a bug within Internet Explorer could allow hackers to [...]
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