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George Steinbrenner: the King of Consequences

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← Lessons from the Word Cup: how to push your agenda Fast Friday quote of the week: from the battered mid-executive line → George Steinbrenner: the King of Consequences Posted on July 14, 2010 by LeaderTalker | Leave a comment Controversial New York Yankees coach, George Steinbrenner , passed away yesterday at the age of 80.

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Social Media Influence | N2Growth Blog

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Listening, engaging, reciprocating – have earned us 2 billionaire backers, 4000+ franchising inquiries & 300+ stores now in development (launched franchise company in Fall '09). Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

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Dressing China

Harvard Business Review

Incomes are rising quickly in the world's most populous country: The percentage of the Chinese population earning between 10,000 and 24,000 renminbi a year (between US $1,200 and $3,500, in terms of 2010 exchange rates) rose from 11% in 2004 to 58% in 2010. According to a 2007 McKinsey & Co.

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The Problem With Coaching | N2Growth Blog

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Any number of franchised coaching offerings can be purchased at affordable prices, numerous affliliations with the hot coaching brand de-jure are available for the asking, or if all else fails coaches can just go it alone as a solo practitioner – the more the merrier right? Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

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What The Colts Can Teach Us About Team Building

Harvard Business Review

Under the leadership of their future Hall of Fame quarterback, Peyton Manning , they won the Super Bowl in 2007 and lost one in 2010. What's happening to the Colts happened to the Chicago Bulls when Michael Jordan left the franchise. For the last nine seasons, the Colts have made the Playoffs.

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Cool Alone Won't Save Your Company

Harvard Business Review

It was a triumph of the car guy over the bean counters; though as he points out, the bean counters cut advertising so much that some great cars, including 2007 Car of the Year Aura, remained a mystery to car buyers. And in the U.S. market, the single biggest problem by a wide margin was Toyota, which gobbled U.S. market: small and mid-car.

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Statesman vs. Politician | N2Growth Blog

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One might add that at the time of the Founders, America had approximately 2 million people, and many fewer had the franchise than today. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. What in the hell has happened to the fabric on which our nation was founded!?! Now we're over 300 million.

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