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Older Workers Are Just As Keen On Learning As Younger Workers

The Horizons Tracker

The study finds that people who are close to retiring are just as interested in learning new skills as their younger peers, even if there is no strict need for them to do so. In 2009, which was the final year of the program, there were around 320,000 workers enrolled, or roughly 8% of the population in this age group.

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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Why didn’t Folgers recognize the retail consumer demand for coffee and develop a Starbucks type business model? It takes skillful attention to self-cannibalization, a bias toward innovation and recognition that 'sacred cows' often become someone else's T-Bone dinner steak.

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Fashion Friends Make a Fresh Start :: Women on Business

Women on Business

An answer to this was anything but obvious, and I struggled to find one shortly after my friend Katie and I were laid off from what were supposed to be dream jobs with an online shoe retailer. We knew that choosing the latter entailed taking, quite probably, the greatest risk in the face of an unstable economy; yet, in the end, we did anyway.

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People Skills and Personal Strengths - The Bottom Line

Building Personal Strength

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 People Skills and Personal Strengths - The Bottom Line Im in a "bottom-line" mood right now. Is it the clothing retail business? People skills. There are several dozen specific people skills. They understand and value business savvy and administrative skills. Kind of a "no-BS" mood.

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Five Power Skills for Discovering Radical Ideas

Harvard Business Review

When we surveyed over 300 global executives between 2008 and 2009, one of the primary concerns they expressed was their inability to compete long term without a solid innovation engine that can grow their top line. With this in mind, we started to document and study the best-in-class skills of our client companies and their intrapreneurs.

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Social Enterprises Need a Solid Measurement System

Harvard Business Review

The International Integrated Reporting Council is developing a common framework for companies to submit "integrated reports" on their financial, environmental, social, and governance performance. Most had little or no opportunity to find jobs due to their lack of skills and limited employment opportunities in their communities.

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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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