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There is another common problem for female executives: commonly known as men. They tend to show up in a lot of companies, exhibiting varying levels of bad behavior. Another new book, Alpha Male Syndrome by executive coaches Kate Ludeman and Eddie Erlandson (Harvard Business School), says that uncontrolled alpha is out. Just as sheer numbers are allowing female executives to release their stifled femininity, women's increased presence in the workplace appears to be taming the corporate caveman in male colleagues. When they are brought in as consultants, say the authors, newly emboldened employees tell them that autocratic alpha managers...
...Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison--a Bush loyalist well ahead in her bid for re-election--is expressing regret for her vote to authorize the invasion and is advocating partitioning Iraq along ethnic lines. "We have to step back and stop trying to put our American ideas onto this problem," she told the Houston Chronicle...
...problem is that small charities tend to fly beneath most donors' radar. So it's the big, branded charities, with their honed message and their fund-raising skills, that attract big contributions. The top 400 get $1 of every $4 raised, a share that is edging higher even as the number of small nonprofits explodes...
Others with a more activist bent want to be able to target a problem and see results. But, says Charles Raymond, managing director of Citigroup's Strategic Wealth Advisory group, "they have no idea where to begin...
...walkers who are the problem, though. Since 10% of employees account for 70% of costs, identifying and caring for those at the highest risk for illness is a priority. Employees at South Carolina's private utility SCANA who fill out annual health assessments get a special break: their premiums don't rise. Of the company's 15,000 workers, 94% took advantage of that offer this year. The data SCANA and other companies collect can then go toward disease management for such illnesses as diabetes and high blood pressure. At International Truck and Engine, where costs have remained flat...