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5 Insights to Managing Chaordic Tension

Leading Blog

According to the Small Business Administration, about half of all businesses fail within five years ( PDF ). Intuitively, yes, entrepreneurship is a risky career path. But on the other side of that equation is the influence of sound business practices, planning, due diligence, and adaptability on business success.

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How to Save “The Shack”

Michael Lee Stallard

Over my career I’ve seen this scenario several times. Her leadership helped save it. In 2012, I spoke with Ms. Stated another way, these leadership behaviors create a team that pulls together and protects the culture from spiraling down into a dog-eat-dog environment. RadioShack logo, courtesy of RadioShack Corporation.

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Someone = Us!

Mills Scofield

Khalil is preparing for a 2012 Fall launch. He reinvented the entire business model and the company is growing exponentially. Menasha Packaging: Meet the163-year-old family-owned company who’s leadership team reinvented their business model and re-invigorated their culture 7 years ago, putting their careers on the line.

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The Coming of the Clairvoyant Computer

Leading Blog

have business models that hinge on predictive models based on machine learning. Professor Vasant Dhar, Stern School of Business, NYU. Obama was re-elected in 2012 with the help of voter prediction. The leading career-focused social network, LinkedIn, predicts your job skills. Applied Prediction.

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7 Steps to Problem Solving

Skip Prichard

This new era of focus on creative problem solving has been ushered in by massive disruption of the old order in business and society. New business models are rapidly emerging from revolutionary Internet, machine learning, and bioscience technologies that threaten the status quo in every field.

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How Johnson & Johnson and American Express Are Developing Young Leaders

Harvard Business Review

workforce — and companies will increasingly grapple with how to accelerate the development of those individuals for leadership positions. To address this challenge, J&J designed their Talent Acceleration Process (TAP) in 2012, which fast-tracks early- to mid-career individuals to senior leadership positions.

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2013 Trends and The Power of Women

Women on Business

Could I see the future as a projection of the strides I’ve been able to make, similar to what other women in business have done? I had to step back and think about the themes in my own career and what I’ve been hearing this year from women all over the country. million women-owned businesses in the U.S., million in 2011.

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