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What a Leader Can Learn From 20 Cents Postage Due

Kevin Eikenberry

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe What a Leader Can Learn From 20 Cents Postage Due by Kevin Eikenberry on December 3, 2010 in Collaboration , Innovation , Leadership , Video I received a package in the mail this week. With 20 cents postage due on the envelope.

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Why Brazilians Were So Quick to Protest Bus Fares

Harvard Business Review

A December 2012 survey shows declines since 2010 in the proportion of citizens who are satisfied with four types of services: availability of quality health care in their communities, 25% ( down 16 percentage points ); local schools, 48% ( down 9 points ); local roads, 44% ( down 9 points ); and public transportation, 48% ( down 8 points ).

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Boomerang Employees: A Homecoming At The Workplace

HR Digest

month gap which was the norm in 2010. The LinkedIn survey showed that the transition has been especially high in the field of technology, information and media; retail; hospitals and healthcare; transportation, logistics and storage; manufacturing; and financial services. . months, down from the 21.8-month

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The Silent Killer of Big Companies

Harvard Business Review

One of these companies is a high-tech manufacturer, two of them are in the energy sector, and two of them are in the consumer transport business. British Petroleum: The blowout of the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig, in April 2010, resulted in a massive crisis for BP and its partners. Five big companies. Five big problems.

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What All Great Leaders Have In Common | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Reading transports us to a place beyond ourselves. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. Did you know that the average American only reads one book a year? I haven't read the book yet, but when I do I'll share my feedback with readers. Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

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It's Time to Wage an All-Out War on Waste

Harvard Business Review

The very best you can hope for when transporting goods, material, and information from one place to another is that nothing goes wrong. According to a 2010 survey from the U.S. Amazon banished overprocessing with the "1-Click" innovation. Conveyance. Conveyance is a necessary evil to be reduced wherever possible, and the U.S.

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What the Data Says About Women in Management Between 1980 and 2010

Harvard Business Review

Census and American Community Survey for the years 1980 and 2010 to examine three major factors that contribute to gender equality in the labor force: women’s representation in management, the occupational gender segregation among managers, and the gender wage gaps that vary across managerial occupations. And if so, how?