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The Evolution of the Executive, C-Suite, and Boardroom

N2Growth Blog

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This was still, however, a largely ‘hush hush’ environment until 2002 when the Sarbanes-Oxley Act came into play, an act passed by U.S. Congress in 2002 to protect investors from the possibility of fraudulent accounting activities by corporations. Companies focused on diversity across many forms.

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Success Begins with Quality Customer Service

Chart Your Course

Customers were nine times more likely to be fully engaged with a company that offered quality and courteous customer service versus one that focuses solely on speed, according to a 2002 Gallup study. He recommends incorporating more technology, such as social media engagement and mobile communications, to achieve this goal.

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Can You See What I See?

Lead Change Blog

Many years later I learned the technique for using black light technology. Using this as their premier presentation forum, these executives mapped out in stories and pictures staged changes that would be made over the course of a few years to keep the company solvent, productive, and thriving, not just surviving.

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These Are the People You Need on Your Startup Team

Chart Your Course

In the days after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), a chief executive cannot hide behind the acts of the CFO. If you are creating a technology empire, you will need a customer care department. If the movies are true, the ideal is a tie wearing, straight arrow that lives for financial statements. Customer Service Rep.

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Way To Go Giants!

Tim Milburn

The last time I celebrated like this was 2002. Of course, neither have the Texas Rangers. Home About SPEAKING RESOURCES Archives CONTACT Way To Go Giants! 0 Comments I have been a fan of the San Francisco Giants for many, many years. The SF Giants have never won a World Series.

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How Mobile Technologies Are Shaping a New Generation

Harvard Business Review

Technology, of course, has also been a powerful influence on the Re-Generation, so much so that Bill Gates proposed that we call this next wave Generation I, for Internet. This is the generation of mobile technology, wireless communication, and clouds of constant content. Mobile technology. Cloud Computing. hours a day.

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The Most and Least Digital Jobs – and How Well They Pay

Harvard Business Review

They found that 95% of those occupations became more digital between 2002 and 2016, meaning that computers became a more important part of the job. The researchers combined several measures of an occupation’s use of digital technology into a digital score, ranging from zero (least digital) to 100 (most digital).