As we admire beautiful diamond and gold draped around our wrists, it is important to know that there are consequences in getting it from the ground to us. Early in 2007, Birks and Mayors took a stand for socially and environmentally responsible production. Find our more about this good news story. Read more >

In the knowledge economy, a primary source of competitive advantage is a company's ability to recruit and retain the best employees. It's a pretty straightforward equation: Hire the best people, add the right incentives and achieve the best results. But what if that gets too expensive? If you're Bell Canada, you form a coalition, pool resources and plead your case to the government.
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In a climate of foreign acquisitions, both inbound and outbound, international M&A activity is elevating the risk facing corporate Directors. This may involve a requirement of the foreign-owned subsidiary to hold locally administered Directors and Officers (D&O) insurance. Read more about the implications of sitting on the Board of a foreign company and how Executive risk can be assessed. Read more >

Small, medium or large - companies are all experiencing Canada's talent crunch. The real question is what to do to address it and the solution for private companies may be a new approach to talent management. Develop-Deploy-Connect... a new model for today's challenges.

THE INTERVIEW

Hardwired for Different Careers - Globe Columnist Sarah Hampson interviews author Susan Pinker on her latest book, The Sexual Paradox.

 ‘I thought I was writing a book about developmental psychology. I never considered a book about the gender wars,” says Susan Pinker. As a follow on to her first book, The Sexual Paradox: Extreme Men, Gifted Women and the Real Gender Gap, this newest release weaves together Dr. Pinker's personal reflections on her life as a psychologist and mother as she sets out a carefully researched scientific discussion of how the brains of men and women are differently hardwired and influenced by their soup of hormones. The conclusion? Find out. Read more >

From The Globe and Mail, Monday March 10, 2008 at 2:38 AM EDT

Style guru and Jones New York exclusive spokesperson Lloyd Boston is seeing some fresh trends for Spring in his Words to style by. Read more >

The age-old issue of people getting to know each other continues to challenge us on many levels. As the Director of the National Executive MBA program at Queen’s University, Gloria Saccon is interested in making deep connects with applicants to better assess their motivation and ambition for the program. Gloria discovered Fierce Conversations, a book by Susan Scott that offers insights and skills to make every conversation count – is it more questions or silent pauses that create richness? See what Gloria has to say about Susan Scott’s book and the seven key principles that may be just what you’ve been looking for! Read more >