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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

link] Tanveer Naseer Mike, your piece is a great reminder for organizations to not obsess over their processes or their top talent, but to focus instead on what the purpose is behind their organization. It was exactly the simplicity of their business model and their product that made them into the company that they are today.

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BetterThan Blessings - Appreciating the Blessings

Building Personal Strength

Sunday, January 2, 2011 BetterThan Blessings - Appreciating the Blessings Before going to my workout the other day, I stopped by The Home Depot to get some decorative hooks for one of the bathrooms. No sharp twinge in my shoulder joint. On the way from the parking lot to the entrance, I noticed something. No lower back pain.

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

Women on Business

Competition without relationships turns products and services turn into commodities. One half of building business is supplying quality products or services; the other half is skill in building relationships. Being sharp means being succinct. Practice pitches and product or service descriptions. Rehearse your pitch.

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Make Your Knowledge Workers More Productive

Harvard Business Review

With scarcely any help from management, knowledge workers can increase their productivity by 20%. We detail this process in our HBR article, " Make Time for the Work That Matters."). Knowledge workers own the means of production — their brains. Lead by example.

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The Not-So-Secret Secrets to Making It Big: Five Surprisingly Doable Steps That Will Propel You to the Top

Strategy Driven

Those who succeed are benevolent dictators – able to make the intricate process happen in days, weeks and months to win. Yes, a rifle or laser-sharp approach will take more planning and forethought, but in the end you’ll probably save time and resources. A laser-sharp strategy is much more practical, productive, and economical.

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China's Stubbornly High Food Prices

Harvard Business Review

in September 2011, down slightly from the three-year peak of 6.5% in July 2011 — appears likely to remain a priority. in September 2011, the same as in August, though down from a July 2011 peak increase of 14.8% — staying so stubbornly high? For Beijing, tackling China's high inflation rate — 6.1%

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The Aging of American Businesses

Harvard Business Review

businesses in 2011—up from 23 percent in 1992, for an increase of half in just under two decades. This is especially remarkable considering the volume of product innovations and household-name businesses that have emerged in the last two decades. Mature firms (those aged 16 years or more) comprised 34 percent of U.S.