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2013 Trends and The Power of Women

Women on Business

Guest Post By: Andrea Simon, PhD., president of Simon Associates Management Consultants. Women’s skills were more flexible and they held more ‘knowledge’ positions than their male counterparts, particularly in the manufacturing and construction industries. Learn more about the author at the end of this post.

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Know Your History, Purpose and Direction

CoachStation

If you have not had the opportunity to view or read any of Simon Sinek’s material regarding marketing and to ‘ Start with Why ‘, I highly recommend you spend a few minutes doing so. in 2010 and started full time work in the business in 2012. I started building CoachStation (website, social media etc.)

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Research: Family Firms Are More Innovative Than Other Companies

Harvard Business Review

However, many family-owned businesses are among the most innovative in their industries. We conducted a meta-analysis of 108 empirical studies that focused on 42 countries during 1981 to 2012. Family firm owners can use their powerful shareholder positions to ensure that managers engage only in prudent investments.

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The Booming Business of Drones

Harvard Business Review

It is estimated that they currently have about seven thousand of them (and Congress asked for about $5 billion worth of more drones in 2012). Now, drones are moving from the battlefield to your neighborhood, and it's about to create a brand new industry right along with it. This isn't just about building a better FedEx.

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Why Your Brain Hates Performance Reviews

Harvard Business Review

Your company might not be as extreme as Jack Welch’s GE, which famously relied on forced rankings to cull weaker managers (a system still in use by more than half of Fortune 500 firms as of 2012), but chances are your company has given you a number that puts you in a specific spot on the employee continuum.