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Educate New Managers on Their New Responsibilities

Deming Institute

Managing a software development team is a completely different job from being a great software developer. In Deming based management systems employees are called on to work cooperatively, coach colleagues, evaluate priorities, assess the success of changes, take proactive action to improve processes, etc.

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How Your Company Can Better Retain Employees Who Are Veterans

Harvard Business Review

According to that same VetAdvisor and Syracuse report, the top reasons veterans report for departing their first jobs include lack of career development/advancement, work that lacks meaning, limited professional development opportunities, or unfamiliar work culture.

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A Great Negotiator’s Essential Advice

Harvard Business Review

This year, PON honored Ambassador Tommy Koh of Singapore as its 2014 “Great Negotiator.” During his remarkable career, described in detail here , Koh played central roles in some of the most complex international negotiations ever held. Develop the facts of the case jointly with your counterparts. Build a common fact base.

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What We Can Learn About Resilience from Female Leaders of the UN

Harvard Business Review

Through my leadership development work with the United Nations (UN), I’ve been privileged to work with professionals who operate in some of the world’s most challenging contexts. She recalls her time working in the Taliban-controlled Afghani province of Kandahar as the most challenging of her career to date.

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Business Can Help End Child Labor

Harvard Business Review

I therefore committed my professional career to research how to make innovations happen. This past winter, I had the distinct honor of meeting activist Kailash Satyarthi , the co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. For instance, I challenged businesses to design a $300 house for the poor. Economics & Society Ethics Multinational'

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Innovating Your Way Out Of The Resource Curse

The Horizons Tracker

Yet, in an economy whereby 60% of GDP and 85% of exports are derived from oil and gas, the need to diversify is evident, not least due to the decline in oil prices since 2014 that many believe is the new normal and the political and economic blockade that was imposed by some neighboring countries in June 2017.