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Guest Post: Talk is Cheap!

Lead on Purpose

Just remember… Talk may be cheap, but it’s also priceless when it comes to building camaraderie, respect, energy – and yes, even love – throughout your workplace, in both good times and bad. Filed under: Integrity , Leadership , Purpose , Team Building , Trust Tagged: | Albert J.

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A Quiet Revolution in Clean-Energy Finance

Harvard Business Review

In the last year, however, early-stage investments in clean energy production technologies have fallen substantially (see the table at the end of this piece for more detail). Most clean energy startups, on the other hand, need huge amounts of capital to get off the ground, and so far big payoffs have been scarce.

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What's Next For Guangdong?

Harvard Business Review

The province's exports growth rate, which was 26% in 2010, fell to 22% in the first nine months of 2011, and it has continued to decline ever since. That's why Guangdong's population of migrant workers declined by 3% every year between 2005 and 2010.

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The Rise of the COO

Harvard Business Review

Of the 97 largest listed companies in the UK and the Eurozone in 2010, only 37 had a COO in their executive ranks. That's what we found when we studied the top management teams of companies in Europe over the past three years. Few European companies have COOs, although their numbers appear to be growing.

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The 2010 Execution Round-Up: Six Companies That Couldn't 'Get It.

Strategy Driven

What did 2010 look like for you and your company? OnPoint Consulting’s 2010 Execution Gap Maker Round-Up… Execution Gap Maker #1: BP (Need I say more?) Execution Gap Maker #2: Nokia Nokia’s share of the worldwide market for mobile phones continued to slip in 2010. Did you struggle to regain your post-recession footing?

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Get Ready for the New Era of Global Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

According to recent McKinsey research (see " The $30 Trillion Decathlon "), consumption by developing economies could rise from $12 trillion annually in 2010 to $30 trillion in 2025, by which time these markets could account for nearly 70% of global demand for manufactured goods. but also the risks.

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How to Know If a Spin-Off Will Succeed

Harvard Business Review

A 2010 meta-analysis detailed many of the different issues that make divestiture so hard to evaluate consistently. The diverging fortunes of two recent spin-offs in the energy industry illustrate how financial markets value autonomy from the parent.