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Leadership Lessons from Yoga - Next Level Blog

Next Level Blog

The idea to call a stretch and breathing break came to me because I've been a regular at yoga class three or four times a week for the past three months.   Lately, I’ve been getting to class without a lot of time to spare because my schedule has been packed.   It just felt like the thing to do. 

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

They are simply meant to foster a spirit of cooperation. I believe that if you want to build and sustain a truly world-class team, everyone needs a voice – but not everyone’s voice is equal. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

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Henry David Thoreau - An Abundant Source of Wisdom

Building Personal Strength

On INTEGRITY - “He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.&# Copyright 2010. Thoreau and Walden changed my life when I encountered them in a high school English class. .&# On FRIENDSHIP - "We must have infinite faith in each other. Post by Dennis E. Coates, Ph.D.,

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A $10 Trillion Bet on China and India

Harvard Business Review

Just yesterday, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released a new report predicting that the economy of China will rebound and grow 8.5% We have spent enough time in enough Chinese and Indian living rooms to understand the middle-class population's needs and desires. in 2013 and 8.9%

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What Teaching Taught Me About Management

Harvard Business Review

I didn't bother too much with sign-up sheets for attendance nor did I squawk when students left class early. As a workshop instructor, I am accustomed to participants being called away from class to handle things back at the office. My syllabus did put a premium on class attendance, so students were expected to attend class.

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Research: Firms Give More Stock Options When They’re Committing Fraud

Harvard Business Review

For example, look at Sherron Watkins, formerly of Enron, and Cynthia Cooper, formerly of WorldCom. Using a Stanford Law School database, we identified a sample of 663 firms that were alleged to have engaged in financial misreporting and were subject to class action shareholder litigation in U.S. federal court from 1996–2011.

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How to (Gradually) Become a Different Company

Harvard Business Review

It initially lost about half of its revenues by divesting its copper and zinc smelting business, but by 2010 it had quadrupled its revenues to €2 billion through a combination of acquisitions and organic growth. Their business should not be labeled a “cash cow” or a “problem,” and their staff must not feel second-class.

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