Not exact matches
Over the past two years, the Greater Vancouver
Board of Trade (the «GVBOT») has been a leading voice in the public
conversation on ride - hailing.
Over the course of the next 3 or 4 years, the hope is for family firms to no longer be pariahs when the
conversation turns to corporate governance or
board effectiveness.
A mainstream
conversation has sprung up
over the last few years about, for example, the under - representation of women on
boards.
In examining how we assign students to schools,
board members and I also had a laser - like focus
over 18 months to engage our community in hundreds of
conversations, in groups, in people's driveways, at the supermarket, about whether we were ok that more than 70 schools in the district had a high poverty rate.
I've spent time at a large bank on a Wall Street Institutional trading desk, and have had many
conversations over the years with investment bankers, hedge fund managers and wealth managers; the one thing that stays consistent across the
board is their LACK of an exit strategy.
Interesting destinations this week include Cathy Gellis» post on Law Crossing, a legal search firm and job
board that earned an «F» from the Better Business Bureau, and the Legal Pad which plays host to a stimulating
conversation over the merits of Twitter for lawyers.
The
conversation since — both online and off — has been all
over the
board.
In addition to mediating many hundreds of business, workplace, EEO and litigated disputes, she is called upon regularly to facilitate quality
conversations over difficult issues and meaningful dialogue when there is complexity involving executives, managers and
boards of directors.
Bringing home apple cider from the farmers market, breathing in the crisp air, inviting friends
over for comfort food like pot - pie or stew, good
conversations and
board games
over a bottle of red wine... that's the life!