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First Look: Leadership Books for May 2014

Leading Blog

Here''s a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in May. The Carpenter : A Story About the Greatest Success Strategies of All by Jon Gordon. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 118 titles. The Obstacle Is the Way : The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2015

Leading Blog

Return on Character : The Real Reason Leaders and Their Companies Win by Fred Kiel In Return on Character , Fred Kiel has put numbers to the notion that good leadership aimed at promoting the common good, not just individual, winner-take-all acquisition can be good business. H3 Leadership : Stay Hungry. Best Leadership Books of 2013.

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Applying Deming Principles at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Deming Institute

In 2014, I applied for and received a grant from The W. In 2014, as in previous years, the dominant reason for discontinuation of a venture in Latin America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania was that the business was not profitable, as per the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2014 Global report. Stephen Gordon CEO Opus Bank.

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The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained

Harvard Business Review

According to an analysis by Ronil Hira, a professor of public policy at Howard University, in 2014 nearly one-third of new H-1B visas went to 13 of these so-called “outsourcers.” ” (Tata received the most visas, with 5,650, while Amazon, the tech company with the highest number, got 877.).