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Know Your History, Purpose and Direction

CoachStation

If you have not had the opportunity to view or read any of Simon Sinek’s material regarding marketing and to ‘ Start with Why ‘, I highly recommend you spend a few minutes doing so. in 2010 and started full time work in the business in 2012. I started building CoachStation (website, social media etc.)

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Lead with Purpose: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Lead with Purpose: Giving Your Organization a Reason to Believe in Itself John Baldoni AMACOM (2012) The multi-dimensional “why” of initiative and fulfillment for organizations as well as for individuals I selected my review’s title because, in his latest book, John Baldoni focuses on how and why having (or not having) a sense of purpose [.]. (..)

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2013 Trends and The Power of Women

Women on Business

Guest Post By: Andrea Simon, PhD., president of Simon Associates Management Consultants. In a 2010 survey, a record 36% of women ages 25-29 had attained a bachelor’s degree compared to 28% of men of the same age. In 2012, according to the State of Women-Owned Businesses Report from American Express Open, there are more than 8.3

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Whole Foods Is Becoming Amazon’s Brick-and-Mortar Pricing Lab

Harvard Business Review

My colleagues in the London office of Simon-Kucher & Partners tested that hypothesis a few years ago by examining book prices. A study in 2010 by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) showed price premiums ranging from 7% to 82% for organic foods. When Johnson took over in 2012 the share price achieved a maximum of $42.44.

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Could a Four-Year-Old Do What Carl Icahn Does?

Harvard Business Review

He is no Jim Simons , using his mathematical genius to outsmart the market in (to an outsider) incomprehensible ways. In 2012 it was $1.9 In 2010 it was $900 million — seventh place. Yet the simplicity and almost child-like nature of Icahn’s approach still begs examination. He reportedly took home compensation of $1.7

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