Women on Business

DECEMBER 15, 2010

The opportunity to contribute your time and energy to a cause that you are passionate about. The opportunity to build relationships that will bring you business. The opportunity to be a part of a team that works together toward a common goal. In summary, a seat at the table can help you in your own career efforts.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

That’s when she realized: “I needed to redirect my energies towards something I could be proud of” and took courses to set up her own business as a Doula and Childbirth Educator. “I Heather Aguilera remembers going to a Christmas party to meet new neighbors and having little conversation after telling them she was a SAHM.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Mentoring is a must, though it takes time and energy many women don’t feel they have. The other side of it is that this, no doubt, gives us the weight of responsibility in modeling workplace behavior. However, that’s a small price to pay for the positives that are derived.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position. I believe leaders need to recognize this point to avoid allowing one individual to take away too much energy from the broader team. Thank you for sharing Mike!

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Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2011

Andrea Jung should infuse some energy into the board which has been under fire for backdating company stock options. Andrea Jung was an executive vice president at Neiman-Marcus before she joined Avon in 1996.  She became CEO of Avon in 1999, and in the past 9 years, she has helped to grow the company to achieve an annual revenue of $8.7

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Houston energy magnate Dan Duncan who died earlier this year had an estimated net worth of $9 billion, and television industry mogul John Kluge died with a $6.5 As we read year-end and best-of 2010 articles and watch the tribute shows, take a moment to try to add up the cumulative wealth of those being remembered. billion estate.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 19, 2011

If you are thinking these thoughts, you are creating an energy frequency, and therefore, a negative reality around them. Do you notice an immediate lift of energy in your body? Money is a wonderful expression of energy.” It is a word that mirrors an energy of growth and limitless living. This is an inner game.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

If you believe the hype, social media will immediately solve all your problems and require no time, energy or effort on your part. Oddly enough, I have also found it is usually the network where they spend the most time, energy and effort. As I said above, your yield usually directly correlates to your efforts.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2011

The Vosges-Haut Chocolat headquarters runs on 100% renewable energies. Katrina’s focus on lifestyles doesn’t stop with her employees. She also leads her company with a keen eye on the environment. In 2007, Vosges-Haut Chocolat generated nearly $12 million in sales.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Do you have boundless energy or mesmerizing charisma? Don’t tell me, show me…Don’t talk the talk, but walk the walk. Taking action always begings with one simple act – making a decision. Do you have great vision? Are you a master of strategy?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 13, 2011

The amount of energy it takes to be a positive character over a negative one is the same, so why are there so many witches and grim reaper’s lingering around? I can honestly say that every mask I wear in the workplace, whether it’s flattering or not is a part of who I am as well. What mask are you wearing at work right now?

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

It’s how you achieve those goals that matters most in terms of time, expense and energy. You don’t need more than three to five goals to stay on track and move your business to the next level.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Between 2006 and 2008, more than $1 billion venture-capital dollars were channeled into startups focused on solar, wind and biofuel technologies. In the last year, however, early-stage investments in clean energy production technologies have fallen substantially (see the table at the end of this piece for more detail).

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Women on Business

JANUARY 26, 2011

It’s amusing, and disheartening, when you realize your dedication, smart work, energy, – all the things you put into your career daily – are ONLY for the sake of performing a duty and receiving a paycheck. This awareness helped cement my corporate world exit strategy.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

but they expend far more energy intentionally searching for opportunity, but not just any opportunity – a game changer. What’s interesting is that the best leaders proactively focus on looking for game changers. Sure, great leaders never lose sight of their core business, they pay attention to managing risk, etc.,

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

We need to decide how to best divide energies—whom to feed first. Do what has to be done and don’t waste energy on fear that undermines performance— unless the doubt is a nagging hunch of a wrong direction! These functions are like a nest of hungry sparrow chicks screaming for attention, mouths gaping!

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Chris Brady

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Therefore, put enough energy into step 1), and you're well on your way to accomplishing step 2). Are you expending resources and energy fighting symptoms that only appear to be causes? Even fewer learn to solve them. But solving problems largely stems from properly identifying their root causes.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

That's why I think the best thing we can do is to lead by example by making this not the focus of our energies, which I personally believe is more decisive than anything, and demonstrate instead how much more we thrive when we openly embrace and utilize our inherent diversity to our advantage.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2016

Only about 18% of interlocks were international in 1976, and most of those were transatlantic links in finance and energy — two of the first industries to begin globalizing. In 1976 the business elite focused their energy on building deeply enmeshed regional networks. Shell’s Board Interlocks, 1976. SOURCE Eelke M.

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Chris Brady

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Leadership is the force that prevents the mob tendencies of any group of people and instead channels those energies into productive alignment. Even the most talented groups of people can become corrupted and callous if left untended, without true leadership and guidance administered on a regular basis.

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Chris Brady

JULY 11, 2010

Light is the load of a leader who understands that almost anything can be accomplished if enough focus of energy, desire, concentration, talent, effort, perseverance, time, and toil is applied. Focus - heavy is the load for the leader who is unable to focus and prioritize accordingly.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position. It seems that in today’s world many people have lost the ability to disagree with someone, yet still respect them.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

The next time we hear about a bank or insurance company''s "green program" — like using energy efficient light bulbs or operating out of a LEED Platinum building — we''ll either scream or throw up. Trust reached an all-time low of 24 percent in 2011, down from 69 percent in 2008.". Finance Sustainability SASB'

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Chris Brady

JANUARY 2, 2011

" Still others view it as a valid goal and extend all sorts of energy in pursuit of it. Yet other people think if they just demonstrate enough faith in God's provision they will be correspondingly awarded with it.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Following are a few of the ideas Carlos shared yesterday: Dreaming BIG and dreaming small take the same amount of energy – why not dream BIG? Carlos was passionate, on-point, and as you might have guessed consistent in his messaging. Companies are made of people, so dreams matter.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2014

Of course, we live in a wildly diverse world; we want to be inclusive and broad minded ourselves; and we therefore want our providers of financial advice, energy, and technology to reflect those values. Advertising Finance' At the same time, the share of men shown in their advertising has declined.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2014

The trillion-dollar number is not random: The International Energy Agency (IEA) has estimated that the world needs to pour $36 trillion of investment into the clean economy between now and 2050 in order to keep the planet below the critical warming threshold of 3.6 Economy Finance Sustainability' degrees Fahrenheit (2 o C).

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

They are demonstrating that meaningful work, social responsibility, and accountability are more important than raw titles and the next salary level.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2010

I once hired someone with excellent “pedigree” i.e. fine university training, JA program volunteer, excellent work record in finance and extraordinarily enthusiastic about Junior Achievement. New hires must reflect the company’s core beliefs. I was blind to the fact that he was a bit “uppity” and often talked down to people.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

The risks in lower energy prices have a lot more to do with sustainability of some of the governments around the world that are really dependent on commodity revenues for their own legitimacy and power. The growth and energy demand in China is immense. They’re not going to stop doing that because energy prices are low.

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Chris Brady

DECEMBER 13, 2010

With humor, wisdom and insight, Tony engaged us with lively comments and interactive learning methods covering eight essential aspects of our lives and the lives of all those for whom we work: Faith, Finances, Family, Fitness, Friendship, Fun, Following and Freedom. Here are comments on the evening’s messages: 1.With

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Chris Brady

JULY 19, 2010

Of the paintings we know of, such as the Mona Lisa,he worked on them off and on for years, most experts agreeing that the artitself shows the weaknesses of such a lackadaisical methodology.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

It is no coincidence that this upheaval in the Chinese solar industry is occurring at a time when the central government''s subsidies that had financed the industry''s explosive expansion have declined even as problems in the global solar-panel market have soared. Production mostly came from small companies that possessed no scale economies.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2011

For years, those of us who study business innovation have been thrilled by the results and influence of Muhammad Yunus , Grameen Bank, and the idea that one powerful way to fight poverty is to make small loans to villagers (mainly women) who have tons of energy but no access to capital. I hope the only people harmed are speculators.".

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Then, in 2008, the recession struck and the big clients wound down. We added a marketing team, a sales team, and a head of operations, and then a head of finance. We were lucky enough to sign up a few big clients during an economic boom, which lulled me into believing we were on the right track. We had virtually no infrastructure.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

The time, energy, and cost associated with acquiring a customer are substantial, the benefits of retaining customers are considerable, and the costs associated with customer churn are significant.

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Chris Brady

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

It teases us into wasting our time and energies toward its attainment, when all along It is not our highest aspiration, though we may think it is. Scam Orrin Woodward and Me out of a free book!) I can't write about happiness without unmasking it for what it is: a fickle flirt. Happiness is a temporary feeling that comes and goes.

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