Katia Beauchamp and Hayley Barna ©Elk Studios Feature of the Week Mar 3, 2013

MBA entrepreneurs think outside the box for beauty business

The founders of Birchbox integrated their start-up idea into their final courses at Harvard Business School

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Wendy Alexander, associate dean for degree programmes and career services at London Business School
– “If you want to get noticed by CEOs of organisations, you need to have two things: international experience, which speaks to your network and your ability to operate globally, and P&L experience”
Lucy Kellaway ©Daniel Jones
Can I get a spouse with my MBA? Lucy Kellaway turns agony aunt for MBA bloggers and their classmates
– “Marriages between two super alpha types tend not to last. If you are ruthlessly ambitious yourself, pick someone a bit less so.”
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Harvard marks International Women’s Day

A new case shows there is still work to be done on gender diversity

Obaahemaa Afrakoma II, Queen of Juansa Paramountcy Feature of the Week Mar 4, 2013

African chiefs and queens go back to school

Ceibs is collaborating on a programme for community leaders in Ghana

From COMPANIES Mar 6, 2013

Facebook appoints second female director

Move is part of social network’s plan to diversify board

From UK Mar 5, 2013

Number of women on FTSE 100 boards falls

Concern that 25% target will not be reached

Judith Bouvard Mar 4, 2013

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The dean finds singing is an effective way of switching off from work pressures

Stuart Briers illustration ©Stuart Briers Journey of a start-up Feb 24, 2013

Lantern business starts to work magic

The founders of a social enterprise start-up are concentrating on increasing sales

From SPECIAL REPORTS Feb 20, 2013

C-suite culture: Women told they need to learn to say ‘I’ more

Sharmila Devi looks at how females can become candidates for promotion – without acting like men

From SPECIAL REPORTS Feb 20, 2013

Fleur Bothwick: Working for progress across a firm with global reach

Sharmila Devi asks Ernst & Young’s director of diversity how she is tackling gender imbalances

©Rosie Hallam From SPECIAL REPORTS Feb 20, 2013

Fundamental change could take ‘at least a generation’

Dina Medland reviews the progress made over the two years since Lord Davies’s report on gender diversity in the boardroom