What are the characteristics of a good leader? Being assertive and powerful, or empathetic and ethical? Canvas8 spoke with Danielle Harlan, CEO of the Center for Advancing Leadership and Human Potential and author of The New Alpha, to learn what effective leadership looks like in 2017 and beyond.

Women control the vast majority of consumer spending globally, but there’s a huge lack of women in top positions within the retail industry. With diversity in leadership proven to be beneficial for employees and businesses alike, Be Inspired is trying to address this imbalance.

The PR industry favours the young, but often requires employees to work past retirement age. Knowing that it may be hard to find your place if you’re not part of Gen Y, Wunderlich Kaplan Communications is offering a new internship to women over 40. But is age really just a number?

Unsurprisingly, great business leaders are big thinkers and risk-takers, with heaps of drive, vision and conviction in their ideas. But according to a study of 5,000 chief executives, to truly thrive they also require the ability to interact with others and create a collaborative culture.