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Why is it so darn easy to say NO?

Women on Business

Being helpful comes with a price, and the price is more work. Happy clients that go wild about you because of the surprising way you serve their needs. Categories : customer service 2 Comments 1 Sandra Parrotto December 8th, 2010 at 8:08 am This is a great point. Can you help me? Could you look into this issue I’m having?

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Doing 'Different' Right: Ten Big-Time Difference Makers and How.

Strategy Driven

…And the Clients Went Wild! : And the Clients Went Wild! Perfect your marketing mix and win with …And the Clients Went Wild! In the first quarter of 2010 alone, they acquired 1.4 In fact, ‘free’ can convert price shoppers into very loyal customers. Do what works!

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Book Review of “Good Company: Business Success in the Worthiness Era”

The Practical Leader

It’s based on calculating scores for Good Employer (from Glassdoor.com), Good Seller (wRatings using customer evaluations of quality, fair price, and trust), and Good Steward (environment, penalties/fines, CEO compensation, use of tax havens, and society/community contributions). And everyone else is worse off.

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Doing 'Different' Right: Ten Big-Time Difference Makers and How.

Strategy Driven

…And the Clients Went Wild! : And the Clients Went Wild! Perfect your marketing mix and win with …And the Clients Went Wild! So how exactly does a small firm with only 20 employees manage to make millions every year without offering prices much lower than their competitors? .’

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The Nasty Truth about CEO Pay

Harvard Business Review

Yes, the market is rebounding; the S&P 500 was up 13% over 2010. The fact is, because of the structure of their compensation, CEOs are rewarded for share price volatility not performance. The first CEO, let's call him Thrill-a-Minute Tom, has had a wild ride. Stock Price. 04 Jan 2010. $80. 04 Jan 2010. $80.

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On Undo's Undue Importance

Harvard Business Review

They mostly don't care about being able to step back from the brink — that's the price they pay for being early adopters. It's telling us that software as a service just blinked into being mainstream in 2010. It was a big deal. Undo was new again a few years later. Because early adopters are used to products that break.

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Why Germany Dominates the U.S. in Innovation

Harvard Business Review

by 66%, manufacturing in Germany employed 22% of the workforce and contributed 21% of GDP in 2010. In 2010, just under 11% of the workforce was employed in manufacturing, and manufacturing contributed 13% of GDP. Even with wages and benefits that are higher than those in the U.S. In the U.S., It’s high time for the U.S.