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Dean Deborah Merrill-Sands Writes on "Principled Leadership: A model for the 'reset' economy" in Women's Business Boston

BOSTON (September 2, 2009) — Simmons School of Management Dean Deborah Merrill-Sands speaks to the importance of 'principled leadership' during times of financial uncertainly in a column titled, "Principled Leadership: A model for the 'reset' economy," featured in the September edition of Women's Business Boston.
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Forbes Magazine Highlights Survey Conducted By Simmons School of Management Faculty and CGO

Forbes Magazine highlighted research conducted by Simmons School of Management faculty members Vipin Gupta, Susan Hass, Sylvia Maxfield, and Mary Shapiro in the article "How to Take Smart Risks".
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The Boston Herald and Women’s Business feature Article with Simmons SOM and CGO Research

The Boston Herald and Women’s Business featured the Simmons School of Management and CGO research on women and risk taking in the article “Forget the gender myth: women business leaders are risk-takers”. The article and research was written and conducted by Simmons School of Management faculty members Vipin Gupta, Sylvia Maxfield, Mary Shapiro, and Susan Hass.
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CGO Director, Patricia Deyton, attended the International Colloquium on Women's Empowerment

CGO Director, Patricia Deyton, attended the International Colloquium on Women's Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security, in Monrovia, Liberia in March, 2009. The Colloquium, convened by H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia and H.E. Tarja Halonen, President of Finland, drew over 800 women leaders from Africa and around the world to Liberia to celebrate and draw strength form women’s leadership at all levels.
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Simmons School of Management Survey Findings Featured in CNN Article

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Even in an era in which gender equality within business corporations is an officially-acknowledged -- if by no means fully realized -- idea, it seems there are some supposed distinctions between the sexes which are still ok to make. One business school, however, begs to differ. New research by the Simmons School of Management, based in Boston, Massachusetts, contends that not only do female managers take more risks than believed, but that they should also more actively seek out credit for their boldness. For the complete CGO article, "Risky Business: Busting the Myth of Women as Risk Averse," visit to www.simmons.edu/som/cgo
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