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My Best Blogs of 2011

In the CEO Afterlife

So, with the help of WordPress analytics and content judgment, here’s my list of the top ’CEO Afterlife’ blogs of 2011. There has to be a break from day-to-day operations in the process. In this blog, I am not arguing against a clear definition of where a company is going and what sets it apart.

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Competitive Labor Markets Help Extract Community Benefits From Multinationals

The Horizons Tracker

The phrase “banana republic” is commonly used today, but its origins are perhaps less well understood, yet at the time, the behavior of the United Fruit Company was sufficiently infamous to coin the term we know and love today. What’s more, this impact persisted even after the company went bankrupt in 1984.

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Bringing Science To Summer

The Horizons Tracker

The program operates from 27 locations across the United States, including New Mexico, Maine, Montana and Louisiana. Alternatively, kids at the Native American Indian Reservation in Maine were provided free STEM tuition from educators from the Maine Discovery Museum, who aimed to deliver top quality learning to the remotest of areas.

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10 Incredible Team-Building Trips You Wish Your Company Would Do.

CO2

Find out about 10 of the most incredible company-sponsored trips ever taken, and don’t forget to send your boss here, too. Google’s Ski Trip : Back in 2007, Google hosted an epic company trip to Squaw Valley. A week in Vegas? Or maybe enjoy rounds of golf wrapped up with luxurious massages.

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Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? Okay, so you founded the company, but does that mean you should also be the chief executive? Which hat, or hats do you wear?

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It’s Time To Stop VCs Driving Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

This gummed-up process of innovation is not confined to big-company transformation. Indeed, data reveal that rates of entrepreneurship have been in perpetual decline across the United States between 1978 and 2011. For all of its numerous flaws, the company was at one point valued at nearly $50 billion. Engines of creation.

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Help Your Global Talent Succeed and Lead - Cultivate Communication Skills

Great Leadership By Dan

Most are highly educated, technically competent professionals. According to the Harvard Business Review , English is now the global language of business, and more and more multinational companies are mandating English as the common corporate language. Non-native English speakers typically have strong technical and operational skills.