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Let’s Be Honest About Lying

Harvard Business Review

Consider the case study unfolding right now in Brazil at the World Cup. There’s Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford commencement speaker and technology icon. And the ability to convince people of something even if it is not quite the case, the art of salesmanship, is a quality actually both common to and useful in leaders.

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Winning Support for Flexible Work

Harvard Business Review

Thanks to internet and mobile technology, we can now work where and when we want, they argue. Case Study #1: Creating a unique job share. We have the same outlook, the same goal, the same vision, the same work ethic. Case Study #2: Taking time off for personal development.

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7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Going Freelance

Harvard Business Review

The media and technology sectors have traditionally been the biggest employers of freelancers but the good news is that “almost every industry is expanding their use of contingent workers,” says King. “You need to be self-motivated, have good organizational skills, and a strong work ethic,” explains King.

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Attitude Reflects Leadership

N2Growth Blog

The beautiful thing about your story is it makes for a wonderful case study. Show me a CEO with a bad attitude and I’ll show you a poor leader. No One Should Have To Work Under The Adverse Conditions Of A Poor Manager Or Supervisor! link] Mike Myatt Hi James: Thank you for the transparency of you comment. Congratulations to you Sir.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

The company cried ‘case study’ from the very beginning, when it segued from the former Houston Natural Gas moniker. These observations are intended to contextualize the Enron case studies in broader terms than were reported in the news media: Conditions Which Allowed It to Occur.