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Thank You For Your Service (My Proudest Guest Post Ever!)

Mills Scofield

The town, “Tehachapi, CA,” was familiar—as it was the town my family and I adopted when we were assigned to Edwards AFB in 2011. As a soldier deployed for my ninth time since the events of September 11, 2001 I’ve seen firsthand the amazing impact something as simple as a letter can have on the human spirit.

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Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study

Great Leadership By Dan

Successful organizations know what skills are required for a leader to be effective for the organization to meet its long term strategic goals and grow and prosper. Long term vision/goal setting and the ability to communicate that to the organization. For example, many effective leaders have the following strengths: •Coaching others.

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The Swedish CEO Who Runs His Company Like a CrossFit Gym

Harvard Business Review

“We had to train harder, measure our goals better, and become a better team,” Bunge said. It is also a matter of having fun and fostering strong bonds between team members to help them reach their goals. The ambition was to double sales and have a 90% employee engagement rate within five years.

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How Chinese Subsidies Changed the World

Harvard Business Review

In parallel, from 2004 to 2011, U.S. In 2011, the U.S. Since 2001, when China joined the World Trade Organization, subsidies have annually financed over 20% of the expansion of the country''s manufacturing capacity. In 2000, labor-intensive products constituted 37% of all Chinese exports; by 2010, this fell to 14%.

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The Costs of Racial Disparities in Health Care

Harvard Business Review

In its 2001 “ Crossing the Quality Chasm ” report, the Institute of Medicine identified equitable care as one of six core aims of high-value health care systems. Set measurable goals for improving quality of care, and ensure that goals are achieved equitably for all racial and ethnic groups.

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Scaling: The Problem of More

Harvard Business Review

Back in 2011, in Citrus Lane’s first six months, its small founding team worked in a house and ate lunch together every day around a big table. Even more tricky, they had to learn to articulate something that had been tacit: a shared understanding of goals, culture, and what it takes to succeed at Citrus Lane. After raising $5.1

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It's Not All About Growth for Social Enterprises

Harvard Business Review

One way to tell the story of mothers2mothers' growth is as follows: since 2001, the organization has expanded its operations to nine countries with an approximately $20 million operating budget. Yet, if scaling impact is the goal, these skills are essential. to prove the goal is much more than size: it's about impact.