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Training Programs That Work for Business, Workers, and the Economy

Harvard Business Review

In our December 2012 HBR article “Who Can Fix the Middle-Skills Gap?” Some like the highly successful like the Center for Energy Workforce Development are joint union-management initiatives. And others like MIT’s Leaders for Global Operations are university-industry joint ventures. These programs take a variety of forms.

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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

GE started on one floor of a large office building in 2012 and has grown to take over all five floors. Melody Ivory , a User Experience Product Manager, told me, “I was about employee number 30 in February 2012. By June of 2012 we were close to 100. Operations Competitive strategy Technology'

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

By mid-2004, however, the operation was mired in conflict over control and differences in management style. Zhou reportedly felt that the original Yahoos were overpaid and lazy, whereas the Yahoo team felt bullied and believed Zhou wasn’t focused on the Yahoo operations. We were ready to give Ma the keys to Yahoo’s operations in China.

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How the Navy SEALs Train for Leadership Excellence

Harvard Business Review

So I reached out to Brandon Webb, an innovative SEAL trainer/educator, and CEO of Force12 Media for real-world perspective on what industry could learn from a special operations sensibility. “Our instructors were teaching better, and our students were learning better,” Webb noted in The Red Circle , his 2012 SEAL memoir.

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The Big Picture of Business: Goal Setting… An Important Part of Strategic Planning.

Strategy Driven

Human resources development. Goals release energy. Without goals, one cannot operate under self-control. You’re highly dedicated, talented, resourceful and give customers what they cannot really get elsewhere. Operations continue to streamline and are professional and productive. Portfolio analysis.