Whenever an earthquake or tsunami takes thousands of innocent lives, a shocked world talks of little else.

We're long past having to defend or explain why women should be on boards, given all the data that shows how companies with female as well as male directors perform better. It's unfortunate when companies with a large percentage of women constituents don't reflect that in their boardrooms.

Get face time with the customers.

Work/life benefits allow companies meaningful ways for responding to their employees' needs; they can be a powerful tool for transforming a workforce and driving a business' success.

Educated and productive young people are needed to help #‎ LIFT their countries out of poverty and create a wealthier, more secure world.

Even under the most difficult circumstances you can have creative flexibility.

Not everybody is created equal, and it's important for companies to identify those high potentials and treat them differently, accelerate their development and pay them more. That process is so incredibly important to developing first-class leadership in a company.