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Advice:How To Climb The Ladder

This is the final piece of advice from the series "Advice:How to Climb the Ladder" which was written by Janet McFarland as part of the October 2010 series by the Globe and Mail which comprised a number of articles about Women in Power. The component written by Ms McFarland comprised advice from a number of senior Canadian women which I thought was excellent.   The following is from Annette Verschuren, Former President of Home Depot   "I think to young people: Go to other countries. Learn another language. It really doesn't matter what it is, but learn another language whether you want to learn French or German or Mandarin. I think it's really important to learn about other cultures and other societies. You have such a greater ...

Advice:How To Climb The Ladder

This is another piece of advice from the series "Advice:How to Climb the Ladder" which was written by Janet McFarland as part of the October 2010 series by the Globe and Mail which comprised a number of articles about Women in Power. The component written by Ms McFarland comprised advice from a number of senior Canadian women which I thought was excellent.   The following is from Elyse Allan, President and CEO General Electric Canada   "What I have always done is make sure that every interaction I have with people is one I can go back to, and I guess by virtue of that you build a network."   I would love you to share your thoughts and comments in the Comments section below!!