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#QUALITYtweet – Video Review

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Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer #QUALITYtweet – Video Review Simon Young at iJump reviews my book “#QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project” and other books in Thinkaha Series. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL You can also watch this video at iJump TV website.

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A Round Up of My Writing in January 2010

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This month, I touched upon “ Instinctively Reactive Leadership ” and how it is a huge cost to the organizations. Simon Young at iJump posted a video review of my book #QUALITYtweet. I posted “ Lessons in Using Checklists for Managing Processes ”. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL Don’t Kill It!

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Morning Advantage: New MBAs Should Expect Lower Pay

Harvard Business Review

Ruth Simon at the Wall Street Journal reports that the expected median salary for newly hired MBAs was essentially flat between 2008 and 2011. Brooks Holtom, a management professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business says that the number of M.B.A. from 2007-08.

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Sustainability Matters in the Battle for Talent

Harvard Business Review

Another team developed a plan to reuse and optimize networking systems in offices, which cut energy costs by $22 million. New data shows that sustainability is an increasingly important factor in attracting and managing talent. Sustainability Talent management' They equip employees with the right tools and training.

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Know When to Kill Your Brand

Harvard Business Review

Others may simply see no alternative to trying to keep the brand going at any cost, even if that means aggressive discounting, cheap licensing, or other tactics that erode long-term brand value. ’” Purpose might have informed the management of two failed brands – Blockbuster and Radio Shack — differently.

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Will You Be Writing Off Your Investment in Egypt?

Harvard Business Review

With political upheaval roiling the streets of Cairo, the first concern of top management in many multinationals is to get their employees and their families out of Egypt safely. Profits that are received at some future point are discounted by the real cost of finance and any appropriate risk premium. percent per annum.).

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Setting Strategy in Egypt's (and Other) Shifting Sands: A Four-Part Approach

Harvard Business Review

Developments in the Middle East — first the removal of long-time Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011 and now Hosni Mubarak's stepping down in Egypt — suggest that authoritarian regimes in the region are not immune to "people power."