The case for foreign workers in Canada

Executive presence is having the secret sauce that makes others take notice when you walk in the room, or keeps you cool when things go awry when the stakes are high. But what's the recipe?

Those who change their careers mid-stream often feel they're constantly behind their peers, but some have found an EMBA can help level the playing field.

• Football trio trades athletic dreams for business ambition
• EMBA newcomers find solace in schools’ support systems

Robert Kennedy, a longtime academic and business consultant, will take over as dean of the Ivey School of Business this fall.

The story of how a university administrator helped three pro football players chart a path to a career in business.

• Business school prof creates system to help undegrads forecast grades
• Who says accountants are boring? How one student’s accounting-based video game took the online world by storm

GM has changed the way CEO Dan Akerson is paid his $11.1-compensation package to accommodate for the fact he may retire in three years.

The non-binding rejection was a direct challenge to a board that last year agreed to pay US$17-million to co-chairman John Thornton, which included a staggering US$11.9-million signing bonus — an unprecedented move in Corporate Canada

• Barrick considers suspending flagship Pascua-Lama gold mine
• Barrick Gold turns to Thornton with stock at 20-year low

Howard Levitt: Readers often write to ask me advice. Here are some of the recent questions I have received

• Beware of clearing out older staff for young blood
• Will working a second job put your career at risk?

Despite the fact that the stereotypical hard-nosed boss continues to be embraced by many and projected in the media, it doesn’t reflect changing times or recent psychological and business research.

No one likes an aggressive salesperson, but in some cases they might just be the ticket to success.

Some of the most innovative concepts have come from business leaders looking at product improvements from a completely different frame of reference.

Wal-Mart head's pay exceeds $20-million as retail chain's first-quarter profit trailed analysts' expectations.