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Diverse Teams Help Organizations Adapt To Change

The Horizons Tracker

So commonplace is it that growing businesses have to adapt to the changing environment that the “pivot” has become a part of entrepreneurial lore. The research reveals that businesses established in dynamic environments tend to have a longer survival rate when their founding teams exhibit greater functional diversity.

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Top 10 US Cities to Capture Small Business Recovery Act Dollars.

Women on Business

If your small business plan can move the nation forward, you’re a step closer to winning Uncle Sam’s financing and support. Ranking third in Popular Science ‘s list of ‘America’s Greenest Cities,’ Boston is putting its recovery money toward clean-energy initiatives.

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Katrina Markoff Named Woman of the Year by American Express and.

Women on Business

That kind of team environment undoubtedly helped Katrina get her company to where it is today. She also leads her company with a keen eye on the environment. The Vosges-Haut Chocolat headquarters runs on 100% renewable energies. Katrina’s focus on lifestyles doesn’t stop with her employees.

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How to Prepare Yourself for the Executive Chair

Strategy Driven

As organizations expand and grow, the skills that led to success often won’t sustain further development in a more complex, high-stakes environment. If you don’t understand finance and accounting, enroll in a course immediately. If you don’t hold a finance or operations position, consider cross training.

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The Boomers are Leaving! – How to Create and Implement a Knowledge.

Strategy Driven

– How to Create and Implement a Knowledge Transfer Program, part 1 Posted by Ken Ball and Gina Gotsill on November 10, 2010 · 2 Comments The clock is ticking: next year, in 2011, the oldest of the 76 million Baby Boomers turn 65. Many will decide to stay in the workforce and replenish their savings and retirement accounts.

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Game Changers | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

but they expend far more energy intentionally searching for opportunity, but not just any opportunity – a game changer. I was so impressed with the detail in every service and the great way they set the environment they wanted. link] mikemyatt Tom: You point out such a critical issue that is lost on many – environment matters.

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Relational Leadership and Employee Retention – A Match, part 2.

Strategy Driven

How you approach people and the environment that you provide for them to work in revolves around seven attributes called: Fairness, Character, Trust, Fun, Celebration, Attentiveness, and Purpose. People who are fortunate to work in these environments are energetic, enthusiastic and loyal. People are the core of this leadership style.