Only 9% of directors of companies in the FTSE-350 are women, according to data from Boardex, a board-room networking tool, and just 12.2% of FTSE100 directors were women in 2009, according to a report published by Cranfield School of Management. ❋ Javier Espinoza (2011)
STAEFA, Switzerland— Valentin Chapero has no eye for the stunning alpine peaks that dominate the view from Sonova Holding AG's board-room windows. ❋ Goran Mijuk (2011)
In 1970, Mr. Thayer was tapped by LTV to become chairman and chief executive after the company's founder, James Ling, was ousted in a board-room uprising. ❋ Unknown (2010)
According to data from Boardex, a board-room networking tool, only 9% of the directors of companies in the FTSE-350 are women. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Look at the curtain thingy behind the boring, board-room chairs; it looks like something that's drawn between hospital beds. ❋ Unknown (2009)
We, the people, do not live our lives by the de-humanized rubrics of the corporate board-room. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Listening to the music in the panelled board-room, one was transported back to those evenings that Schuster held in honour of his musical hero, often with a magnificent dinner for the stars of London society. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Feeling too self-conscious can cause you to choke in an important moment or an ordinary one—in a board-room or a classroom, in front of thousands or alone at your desk. ❋ PhD Lucy Jo Palladino (2007)
During the four years I spent consulting with that insurance company I mentioned a moment ago, the standard joke in the board-room was: We love selling term. ❋ Wayne E. Nance (2007)
Note to Dick: Ditch the hunch and the board-room rigidity. ❋ Unknown (2005)
The board-room was besieged by colonels and captains, widows and orphans; within an hour after protest of bills were taken up, and you will see, in the City article of the Globe this very evening, an announcement that henceforward the house of Baines and Jolly, of Job Court, will meet engagements of the Bundelcund ❋ Unknown (2006)
Because, after all, if you want to pitch it hardcore political, the playing field is the only area that Fifa does not and can not fully control – everything else is board-room approved. ❋ Unknown (2006)
The downfall of PatriciaDunnPatricia Dunn from her post as nonexecutive chairman of Hewlett-Packard came rapidly and unceremoniously on Tuesday, but don't look for the resurgent company to get hung up about the latest board-room bungling. ❋ Unknown (2006)
As Newcastle United writhe in another bout of introspection, the piercing search-light should be focused not on the short-term leadership from the dug-out but the long-term direction from the board-room. ❋ Jaimewolf (2006)
[getting] [fired] like [omarosa] ❋ Omarosa (2004)
