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Progress Comes Incrementally Then Suddenly

Next Level Blog

I started doing yoga in late 2010 because a knowledgeable friend of the family encouraged me to take it up to help manage the multiple sclerosis I had been diagnosed with in 2009. My first attempts were in yoga teacher training in the summer of 2013. Our friend was right. Then, one night, all of the sudden, I’m doing wheel pose.

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2013 Women on Boards Survey Finds the Gender Gap Closed 1.7% Since 2009

Women on Business

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Voting ends Sept 1st for Thinkers50 Top Management Thinker Award for 2013

Marshall Goldsmith

Dear Friends, We are nearing the 2013 Thinkers50 biannual awards. Previous winners of the Top Management Thinker Award have included Peter Drucker (2001 & 2003), Michael Porter (2005), CK Prahalad (2007 & 2009), and Clayton Christensen (2011). If you haven’t yet heard of Thinkers50, here is a little background.

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Here’s the March, 2013 New York Times Hardcover Business Books Best Sellers List

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here’s the March, 2013 New York Times Hardcover Business Books Best Sellers list. This book came out in December, 2009, so it has “endured.” Somehow, this slipped past me, so I am late in posting it. Sorry about that. A couple of observations. The Tim Ferris book, The 4-Hour Workweek, is back on. In addition, Steve [.].

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10 Shocking Statistics About Employee Engagement

Chart Your Course

Predictions for 2014 – Building a Strong Talent Pipeline Josh Bersin, December 2013. Gallup’s 2013 State of the American Workplace Report June 2013. Gallup’s 2012 Q12 Meta-Analysis Research Paper February 2013. Aon’s 2009 Benefit and Talent Survey Aon, 2009. Defining Employee Engagement Wikipedia.

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Leadership Development "Moneyball"

Great Leadership By Dan

This post was originally published in SmartBrief on Leadership 7/25/2013: “Moneyball” was a book and movie based on Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane and his use of statistics (sabermetrics, to be precise) to get the most production out of his team by spending the least amount of money. Align with business strategy”.

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A Look at the Bitcoin Price History

Strategy Driven

When Bitcoin was made available to the public in 2009, it was valued at $1 USD. In 2013, Bitcoin started at $13 USD but closed out the year at $770 USD, which was quite a rise. If you look at the price of Bitcoin over the years, there is one standout feature. At the time, most people didn’t believe in digital currencies.

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