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“Studying doesn’t stop at GCSEs”

Chartered Management Institute

Apprenticeships are important – here are five ways they could be better Solving the skills shortage: why apprenticeships matter “ It was very business-oriented, with a lot of talk about competitive markets and corporate strategy. People from the private sector could rattle through those areas, but it was new to me.”

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10 Leadership Battles – And How To Win Every One of Them

Terry Starbucker

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full 10 Leadership Battles – And How To Win Every One of Them by Starbucker on November 1, 2009 In our quest to become great leaders we take on a constant stream of internal battles. That school is now closed.

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15 Basic Steps To Mind-Blowing Customer Service: Lessons From A.

Terry Starbucker

While the sights, lights, art, food, chocolate (oh yes), and all else this place has to offer have been fantastic, there was one particular thing I really wanted to share with you. ] Tweet This Post Tagged as: customer service { 10 comments… read them below or add one } Robin Dickinson December 27, 2009 at 4:36 pm Excellent post, Terry.

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How Midsized Companies Can Avoid Fatal Acquisitions

Harvard Business Review

Most midsize companies lack the breadth and depth of skilled corporate development professionals whose jobs are to source, make, and integrate acquisitions. Like a shopper in a flea market, it is quite easy for a CEO at a midsized company to get distracted by sexy deals. So he taught his team planning and M&A skills.

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How A Glass Half Full Helped Me (And Can Help You Too)

Terry Starbucker

Tweet This Post Tagged as: Glass Half Full { 13 comments… read them below or add one } Ash Srivastava December 20, 2009 at 9:31 pm Congratulations Terry !! Lance December 21, 2009 at 5:51 am Terry, Happy 4th blog birthday!! Clark Rich Becker December 21, 2009 at 11:15 am Great story Terry. Popularity: 5% [ ? Sounds cool.

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The Lure of China's Public Sector

Harvard Business Review

million university graduates entered the job market in 2010 , up from one million in 1999. The number of high-skilled, high-paying jobs has not kept pace. China's news services reported that in 2009 a record 1 million people took the national civil service exam , up from 775,000 in 2008 and 500,000 in 2005. More than 6.4

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Divest With Care

Harvard Business Review

Happened in 2005 and was unquestionably the right move. GE's expertise at building and marketing engineered products is legendary, but media and entertainment call for different skills. In that case, the problem is execution and the appropriate action is to find and correct what isn't working. IBM-Lenovo. GE-NBC/Universal.