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How many friends can you really have in your social network.

Coaching Tip

Robin Dunbar, an evolutionary psychologist and social-brain theorist, and others have documented correlations between brain size and social-group size in many primate species. Above 150, you have to impose complicated hierarchies and rules to command loyalty and cohesion. Source: The Wall Street Journal, February 12, 2011.

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A celebration of consistency. A legacy of insight.

Strategy Driven

KEY POINT OF UNDERSTANDING: Document as you think. Stay tuned – and thank you for your loyalty. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Set aside time to understand and see the big picture, and how you fit into it. Alongside of your ‘to do’ list, create a longer list of β€œto become.” ALLOCATE TIME.

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Personal Needs vs. Customer Relationships

Strategy Driven

After decades of formally documenting the stages of business-customer relationships, we’ve learned that many companies become complacent in their endeavor to understand, satisfy, and embrace the emotional needs of consumers. Complimentary Resource – 2011 Trends Report: Customer Relationship Management.

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Cast the Net Wide – Make the Most of Your Promotional Time and.

Women on Business

If they INVEST in your business, treat it with appropriate legal documentation as if with any other contact. Loyalty is paid for one way or another. Although it is very easy to fall out of touch, it is those who perfect the keep-track-of habit that have an edge in the future!

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The Big Picture of Business: Leadership for the New Order of Business Part 2

Strategy Driven

The public is fickle and quick to jump on the newest flavor, without showing loyalty to the old ones, especially those who are truly original. Develop, update and maintain a career growth document. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. This too is your challenge to frame how they see you and your company.

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Expanding the Reach of Primary Care in Developing Countries

Harvard Business Review

Through extensive site visits, interviews, document review, and statistical analysis, we found that successful scaling commonly involves four categories of business skills. Founded in 2011, Ross Clinics now operates a chain of more than a dozen primary care clinics, while planning active ongoing expansion. Market focus.

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Drink Your Way into the Middle Class

Harvard Business Review

Possibly: Kilduff is investigating whether fierce competition with another company can improve group cohesion and loyalty. Faizul Muhid searched corpses for identifying documents and features; he now self-medicates with anti-depressants, asking, "Am I gonna be psycho?" He has since hanged himself.

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