Best paid CEOs, social media demographics and why women are so good in the boardroom – April links

Friday, April 16, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Media sector, Women in business | Tags: links, women in business, Twitter, boardroom, energy, social media, Facebook, LinkedIn, CEOs, demographics, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Digg, Ford, carbon emissions

Which business stories are getting the most hits on the web this month? Read on and discover Elevate blog’s pick of the links for big business – from benchmarking your chief exec’s salary to the high cost of leaving company PCs switched on, and more… 

20 highest paid CEOs: Perhaps it’s time to ask for a pay rise. Note that every single one is male; our Women in the Boardroom world map shows how low the proportion of female chief executives is in the US and UK.

Could you save your company millions by switching off your PCs?: That’s what Ford has done and forecasts savings will amount to $1.2 million each year, as well as reducing carbon emissions. An automatic programme called PC Power Management manages the powering down by adjusting energy settings on work computers and laptops.

Six perspectives women can bring to the boardroom: Not just the empathy factor but females in the C-suite can foster better teamwork, take a wider focus, bring up questions in different areas, offer a fresh perspective and, being less likely to wing it, they’ll have overprepared their homework on any matters for discussion!

Social media demographics – who’s using which sites?: A potentially useful infographic to help pin down where your target audience might be going online. It includes a breakdown of age, education, gender and income level, as well as the most popular sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Digg, Twitter and others.

Free business doctors to help keep London firms healthy: A new business advice and support surgery has been launched by the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) for member firms. Depending on the query, companies can access a Legal Doctor, HR Doctor, Marketing Doctor, Telecoms Doctor or Business Information Doctor, or just browse through questions already asked.

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