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Preview Thursday: No Ego by Cy Wakeman

Lead Change Blog

For the first time, I would be leading a team, which got me a free ticket to the Human Resources boot camp for managers. In 2017, she was named as one of the Top 30 Global Leadership Gurus by Global Gurus, a Top 100 Leadership Expert to follow on Twitter, and was deemed “the secret weapon to restoring sanity to the workplace.”

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How One Nonprofit Is Expanding Health Care for the Uninsured

Harvard Business Review

In a 2010 review of its purchasing strategy, Ascension concluded that it didn’t really have an effective purchasing strategy at all. Ascension centralized functions such as human resources, payroll, travel services, and finance, thereby streamlining operations and saving costs.