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Blythe in the News:

• Blythe McGarvie is featured in CFO Magazine in a discussion of Five Starting Tips for new CFOs.
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie gives a seminar on "Shattering Five Myths in Business" at the China Europe International Business School.
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie discusses globalization and global business leadership as part of the Wall Street Journal'svideo series "America: A Portfolio of Ideas" (press release | video).
  
  
• Business Finance magazine features an article by Blythe McGarvie, "Taking Stock of your Courage Quotient" (web | PDF).
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie is featured in a CFO Magazine article, "Starwood Studies Abroad," about preparing business leaders for foreign markets (web | PDF).
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie is featured in an Agenda Week article, "Going Global: How Boards Can Help Companies Make the Leap" (PDF).
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie is featured in an article, "Corporate Directors Share their Insights on M & A Success," by Jackie Bassett and J. R. Taylor (PDF).
  
  
• FTI Journal interviews Blythe McGarvie in an article on "Pressure Points," in which corporate directors discuss the best ways to respond and a board’s proper role in helping companies compete and prosper (PDF).
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie is featured in Inside Business: The Hampton Roads Business Journal, for her article, "The Truth about Innovation and How to Unleash It" (PDF | HTML).
  
  
• Directorship.com discusses "The Director’s Role in Developing Corporate Strategy" with insights from Blythe McGarvie (PDF | HTML).
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie is featured in Harvard Business Review case study, "Play it Safe or Take a Stand?" (PDF).
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie featured in the Directorship 100 list as among "the most renowned boardroom influentials."
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie featured in "Is Now the Right Time to Go Back to School?," an article in The Glass Hammer.
  
  
• Virginia Lawyers Media has included Blythe McGarvie in its Class of 2010 of “Influential Women of Virginia.” This awards program, started last year, recognizes the outstanding efforts of women in the commonwealth in all fields, including law, business, health care, education and the arts (PDF).
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie speaks on "Balancing Risk and Compensation" in Directorship.com magazine.
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie featured in Chief Executive magazine in "How Global Is Your Board?" article (PDF).
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie to receive honorary degree from Old Dominion University in Virginia. Watch the webcast here on Saturday, December 19, 2009.
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie publishes an article in Business Week entitled, "Why Women Make a Difference in the Boardroom," discussing that although there are more women than ever in executive positions these days, their scarcity in the boardroom could be hurting U.S. business.
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie featured in business performance management article on Streamline Training and Documentation site.
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie's Shaking the Globe is reviewed in the Hampton Roads Business Journal.
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie and her Shaking the Globe book are featured by Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie is featured in Investor's Business Daily's article "IBD’s 10 Secrets To Success," by Steve Watkins.
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie's Shaking the Globe ranks #1 on February 26, 2009, daily top 5 on 800 CEO Read, a review service for business books.
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie and Shaking the Globe featured in Speaker Magazine (PDF).
  
  
• Challenges Ahead for Economic Growth…begin with Courage and Integrity: Press release for Shaking the Globe, by Blythe McGarvie (Wiley, 2009).
  
  
• Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management interviews Blythe McGarvie about her forthcoming book, Shaking the Globe (PDF).

Newsletters:

• Shaking the Globe Newsletter: "Takeovers and the Economy" (volume 6, issue 3) (PDF | HTML).
  
  
• Shaking the Globe Newsletter: "Income and Wealth" (volume 6, issue 2) (PDF | HTML).
  
  
• Shaking the Globe Newsletter: "Investing in ETFs in Volatile Times" (volume 6, issue 1) (PDF | HTML).
  
  
• Shaking the Globe Newsletter: "Increase Your Courage" (volume 5, issue 6) (PDF | HTML).
  
  
• Shaking the Globe Newsletter: "The Roaring Twenties" (volume 5, issue 5) (PDF | HTML).
  
  
• Shaking the Globe Newsletter: "E-Publish or Perish" (volume 5, issue 4) (PDF | HTML).
  
  
• Shaking the Globe Newsletter: "The Reluctant Superpower" (volume 5, issue 3) (PDF | HTML).
  
  
• Shaking the Globe Newsletter: "Urban Living" (volume 5, issue 2) (PDF | HTML).
  
  
• Shaking the Globe Newsletter: "What Comes Next?" (volume 5, issue 1) (PDF | HTML).
  
  
• Shaking the Globe Newsletter: "Be Alert to Fraud" (volume 4, issue 6) (PDF | HTML).
  
  
• Shaking the Globe Newsletter: "The Truth about Innovation" (volume 4, issue 5) (PDF | HTML).
  
  
• Shaking the Globe Newsletter: "China's Inflection Points" (volume 4, issue 4) (PDF | HTML).
  
  
• Shaking the Globe Newsletter: "Humor and Rapprochement" (volume 4, issue 3) (PDF | HTML).
  
  
• Shaking the Globe Newsletter: "Where the Action Is" (volume 4, issue 2) (PDF | HTML).
  
  
• Shaking the Globe Newsletter: "Money and What Matters" (volume 4, issue 1) (PDF | HTML).
  
  
• View all of Blythe's "Shaking the Globe" newsletters...
  
  
• View Blythe's "Mastering the FISO Factor" newsletters...

Webcasts:

• Blythe McGarvie tells First Business that America needs to deregulate if it's going to compete against other nations (video).
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie is interviewed on the global economy and jobs on Monsters and Money in the Morning, on Chicago's CBS 2 (video).
  
  
• Podcast: Blythe McGarvie on Making Courageous Decisions in a Changing World. It's a different world, but it's a world full of new business opportunities open to anyone with the courage to seize them.
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie discusses global business on PBS's What Matters television, hosted by Cathy Lewis (video feed: streaming | download).
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie speaks on "Creating Financial Acumen Within Your Company” in the Fifty Lessons digital executive leadership library. The 50 Lessons site also has the following lectures by Blythe: "Never Lose Integrity," "Communicate Directly and Honestly with Investors," "Developing Global Citizens," "How to Make a Successful Acquisition." Click here to view them....
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie speaks on leadership for an SAS® program, "Requirements of a 21st Century CFO: Meeting the Challenges."
  
  
• Blythe McGarvie delivers an audio seminar for BetterManagement.com entitled, "FISO: Leadership for Success in Business and Life."

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