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In the wake of the financial meltdown, performance-related bonuses are hardly flavour of the month in Main Street America. But now they have been found to be gender and racially biased, too.

Time for some crystal ball gazing

Baby-boomer departures a threat to competitiveness

The departure of the baby-boomer generation into retirement poses a grave threat to the competitiveness of the US economy.

Half of hiring decisions a mistake, say managers

With managers admitting that half their hiring decisions are a mistake, perhaps it's no wonder that so many jobs go downhill so quickly.

CFOs batten down the hatches

With the global economic crisis deepening by the day, battening down the hatches to reduce risk has become the number one priority for CFOs and senior managers alike.

This week's highlights

Thought leaders

Peter Vajda

Wall Street or Main Street, the problem is the same

Wayne Turmel

It's the little things, stupid

Charles Helliwell

Capitalising on adversity

Janet Howd

Telling it like it is

Bob Selden

Did Plato have the answers to Wall Street's problems?

Patricia Soldati

Don't think it can't happen to you

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Robert moved from the UK to a management job in China a year ago. While things went well at first, one of his team has recently been openly challenging his working-style and being dismissive of his decisions. What should he do?

Dan Bobinski

Read any good books lately? So what?

Reading a book is one thing. But to incorporate what you've read into your life is quite another. Which explains why managers continue to flounder, in spite of reading all the "recommended" books on management.

Myra White

Women: an untapped talent

Models of effective leadership are still based on men and the types of talents that they bring to such positions. So to tap into the talents that women bring to the workplace, our ideas about leadership need to be reexamined.

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Management Mentors

Senge and sensibility

Peter Senge, once described as the "strategist of the century", explains to Stuart Crainer the steps we need to take towards creating a more sustainable world and why this change is imperative.

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