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Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study

Great Leadership By Dan

Your upcoming leaders will need to understand how to do business internationally – international laws and regulations for doing business in various countries, cultural differences, the ability to gauge the market overseas including identifying market for product or services and the competition, developing overseas offices, leading virtually, etc.

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How to Make Fossil Fuel Divestment Really Matter

Harvard Business Review

billion in 2011, despite the fact that venture capital funding overall has been increasing. Global clean energy investment also peaked in 2011, at $317 billion, and was down 20% from that peak in 2013. Finance Sustainability' And early-stage clean tech is particularly in need of an influx of capital.

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Could a Four-Year-Old Do What Carl Icahn Does?

Harvard Business Review

billion in 2013, making him the fifth highest-paid fund manager in the land. In 2011 it was $2 billion , good for third place. After using borrowed money in the 1980s and 1990s, then opening up a hedge fund in 2004, he has since 2011 basically just been managing his own money. Apple Finance Skill vs. luck'

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Study: Employees Want Employers to Talk Politics

Harvard Business Review

In the 2011-2012 Market Research Report for BIPAC , performed by Moore Information, Inc., We expect to see more communication from employers to employees in the future ( our 2012 National Pollis set to release in early 2013). And yes, it can be difficult to navigate our nation's evolving campaign finance laws.

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Why We Pay All Our Employees a Commission

Harvard Business Review

The commission ratios vary from development to marketing to finance, administration, sales and customer support, and in the various areas are based on the metrics the individuals are most able to directly control. Every team decides as a unit how to distribute their portion of profits.

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Get Your Passion Project Moving Without Quitting Your Day Job

Harvard Business Review

How to Stay Stuck in the Wrong Career. ” Once you have a list of necessary skills, figure out how to acquire them. For example, if knowing how to build websites will be important to your new venture, see if your current job will subsidize a class in web design that will also help you in your current job. Herminia Ibarra.

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Why Small Businesses Aren’t Hiring… and How to Change That

Harvard Business Review

proprietary data shows that the smallest businesses have been growing revenues the fastest: In 2013 alone, micro business revenue on average grew by 2.14% while small business revenue grew by 1.18%. The largest businesses are able to secure financing with relative ease and on strong terms, including historically low interest rates.