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Fashion Friends Make a Fresh Start :: Women on Business

Women on Business

More than that, we had confidence in the idea that we were truly going to be introducing a new kind of shopping experience to the fashion-forward customer. We did it because we knew we that we were ‘in the right,’ so to speak—that we had the skills, the knowledge, and the passion necessary for opening up an online retail business.

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The 10 Elements of Positive Performance Management

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from John Mattone: The fundamental belief underlying Positive Performance Management (PPM) is this: Leaders and their employees must strive to make performance reviews complete, honest, and timely. The Ten Elements of Positive Performance Management. There are ten key elements of Positive Performance Management.

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4 Ways to Promote Productivity

Lead Change Blog

These employees have to be led in a systematic fashion to ensure that all efforts are channeled towards a common goal. If the management of the organization is one that employs an autocratic style of leadership, they will not involve the employees in the goal making process. Koontz Et Al. Shed Unnecessary Clutter.

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Managing Board Relations | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In today’s post I’ll deal with a skill set that all successful CEOs excel at…managing board relations. What’s interesting to me is that of all the constituencies that CEOs must deal with, the relationship with a board of directors is among the easiest to manage.

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Managing the “Great Expectations” of the Next Sales Generation

Women on Business

The death of the traditional salesman has been greatly exaggerated,” heralded a recent column in The Economist (October 22, 2011). When it comes to tradition, the challenge today is how to motivate the next generation to work in old-fashioned (read: unsocial as in media and societal interactions) work cultures.

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Project Management Best Practice 8 – Roles and Responsibilities.

Strategy Driven

While project schedules should assign individuals or groups of individuals to each task, the schedule itself is not likely to include minute tasks or to clearly assign the very specific nuanced contribution of each individual within a group assigned to a task.

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Dealing with Conflict | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. If so, you likely have issues with conflict. If so, you likely have issues with conflict. Here’s the thing - leadership and conflict go hand-in-hand.

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