Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

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. In 2012, over 50% of dentists are women, as are 47% of medical students.

Trends 265

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CoachStation

MARCH 7, 2016

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.) It’s massive!

Self-aware 146

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2013

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.

Supply Chain 8

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2017

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. Because of their long relationship with the firm, family owners typically have a deep knowledge of the industry, the firm, and its stakeholders.

Innovation 8

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2014

ethnically Asian college graduates’ unemployment rate in 2012 was 11.9%, higher than blacks’, whites’, or Hispanics’. Jim,” as he is known to all, not only did pioneering work in mathematics; he also founded Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund that relied on scientists to make predictions and trade in global markets.

Disruptive Innovation 8

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

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.

Performance Review 9

Performance Review Review Quinn Health Care 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

President Obama in his 2012 State of the Union address called inequality a “defining issue of our time.” But they can be usefully divided into three groups: technological progress, globalization, and economic policy. Finally, economic policy, by reducing taxes on the rich has exacerbated these disequalizing trends.

Politics 8

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