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I just read an article from
Forbes about having women on your board in the digital age. This is interesting.

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Including Women On Your Board Of Directors Creates A Mix Of Thinkers For The Digital Age

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Including Women On Your Board Of Directors Creates A Mix Of Thinkers For The Digital Age Everyone has a role to play in ensuring our economy gains all it can from dynamic women willing to lend their talents as enterprise directors.

The Financial Times is holding a workshop, 'So You Want To Be a NED?' on Tuesday 21 March in Singapore. Suitable for aspiring and/or recently appointed board directors, non-executive directors and senior leaders, this half day event is a fantastic insight into the boardroom and demonstrates the fundamental differences between executive and non-executive roles.

You can book your place by clicking below, or email [email protected] for your 10% discount code.
https://www.non-execs.com/Workshops/So-You-Want-To-Be-a-Non-Executive-Director-Tuesday-21-March-2017-12-15-00-pm

So You Want To Be a Non-Executive Director? Tuesday 21 March 2017 12:15:00 pm Aimed at people who are thinking about becoming a non-executive director, this workshop looks at the duties and liabilities of being a non-executive director, effective boardroom behaviour and how to go about getting that all important first role with advice on how to present your CV and tips on int...

An excellent watch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sjb5rZp9Ms

A Look Back at 2016’s Impactful Episodes & Insights Host: TK Kerstetter Guest Host: Ty Francis, Executive Vice President and Group Publisher, The Ethisphere Institute With a final honorary nod to 2016, Host TK...

恭喜發財 - Gong Xi Fa Cai! Wishing you all every happiness, prosperity, and longevity in our new year of the Fire Rooster.

AICD International Directors Essentials Update 2016: "Diversity remains a very significant Board issue. In many jurisdictions, there are clear expectations that boards will be diverse and that they will adequately reflect the diversity of the communities they serve. The topic is now moving to a much broader discussion than a single issue demographic like gender. It is now about embracing a much richer conversation on diversity including demographic diversity, thinking style diversity, experiential diversity and skills based diversity."

An important topic to all our societies - diversity and inclusion: When meets

Future-proofing reputation | Communication Director Managing a company's reputation is a major responsibility for executive communicators Reputation has emerged as one of the major determinants of a company’s success: managing it is a key role of the chief communications officer. When you enter the communications world from an engineering world, as...

Compelling reason for Board diversification - http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/business-technology/our-insights/adapting-your-board-to-the-digital-age?cid=digistrat-eml-alt-mkq-mck-oth-1607

Adapting your board to the digital age Many directors are feeling outmatched by the ferocity of changing technology, emerging risks, and new competitors. Here are four ways to get boards in the game.

Diversity initiatives for the Energy industry.

Saving the Earth by Making Energy Industry’s Boardrooms Diverse The U.S. energy sector accounts for 83.6 percent of the country’s carbon emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, so tackling climate change effectively requires their participation. Some experts worry the lack of diversity in their leadership is hindering that shift.

Twitter takes a step towards diversity.

Twitter Appoints Debra Lee, Adding Diversity to Its Board Ms. Lee is the first African-American director at Twitter, which been criticized for a lack of representation of varied ethnic groups.

Strategic RISK on Twitter “As the UK rules against the come into force soon, becomes a more urgent issue https://t.co/73A7BZv5h4”

DDAPAC CoFounder Leesa Soulodre shares 3 tips for improving D&I in Asia: 1. Top down endorsement for change made by the Company's Senior leadership 2. Support services e.g. return to work schemes, flexible working hours and subsidised childcare
3. Programs that focus on mentoring and skill building.

Diversity in APAC marketing and comms: Enough lip service It’s time the industry stopped talking about diversity in the workplace and actually started to make it happen.