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How to Lead On Purpose

Great Leadership By Dan

We found that to create a common goal, it’s vital to ramp up your purpose as an organization. In working and speaking with hundreds of company leaders, HR representatives, and employees at all levels, we’ve found that for your company to be successful in the long run, it needs to stand for something, and that something needs to be authentic!

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Soft Skills Are Vital If Low Skilled Workers Are To Thrive

The Horizons Tracker

At a firm level, this is usually translated into higher wages for employees at the most innovative firms, with new research from the London School of Economics showing that over 12 years, from 2004-2016, the typical worker in a non-innovative firm in the U.K. was paid around 20% less than their peers at one of the most innovative firms.

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Craft a Remarkable Personal Brand Statement! 29 Steps & Examples

Miles Anthony Smith

Click "READ MORE" to discover the 29 steps and examples to creating a successful personal brand. If you’re successful, your brand will leave an impact long after you’re gone. I am adept at establishing policies, procedures, and technologies to enhance efficiency, financial health, and service to organize constituents.

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Soundtrack to Success: The Role of Music in Enhancing Workplace Productivity

HR Digest

More and more companies are carefully selecting background music to play throughout the working day, with the goal of increasing productivity and making the office a more enjoyable place to be. For instance, they were challenged by a technology company to encourage its staff to take the stairs instead of the elevator.

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To Crack the Glass Ceiling, Start with Venture Capital

Harvard Business Review

Even as a female CEO, stating this goal publicly felt like a jarring contrast to all pretty pink ribbons and lacy cupcakes at the party. Of course, the other women in the room were also sincerely invested in the little baby’s success and potential. drop, from 2004 to 2009, in female engineers. There has also been a 5.2%

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Three Cases of Better Corporate Philanthropy

Harvard Business Review

No wonder that a 2008 McKinsey survey found that only 20% of senior executives believe that their corporate philanthropy is effective in achieving social goals. Given that companies are putting more than $14 billion a year into charitable causes, measuring results and ensuring real social impact should be important goals.

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Your Whole Company Needs to Be Distinctive, Not Just Your Product

Harvard Business Review

Ever since the idea of strategy came to the business world in the early 1960s, the goal of differentiation has been paramount. But starting in the early 2000s, the advantages of scale were mostly eliminated, in large part because of globalization, deregulation, and the rise of digital technology.

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