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IT Overinvesting – Is it Better to be Safe than Sorry?

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While I haven’t read the book, an article on Reuters suggests that the book Aligning Technology with Strategy by Harvard Business Review advises companies evaluate their IT costs to prevent overinvesting. Specifically, companies should: “Spend less. Evaluate expected returns from IT investments. What’s essential spending versus discretionary or unnecessary?

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Women in Power: Leadership Differences By Gender

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Guest post by Allie Freeland (learn more about Allie at the end of this post). As women progressively enter leadership roles and management positions in organizations that traditionally used to be held by men, many pose questions about leadership styles and gender. The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that nearly one of four chief executives and one out of twenty top-management positions in Fortune 500 corporations, are women.

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Repurposing Content: It Works for Social Media, Too!

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The life of a single tweet or Facebook post may be quite short, but they perhaps have more value than you realize. As women in business, we are always “on&# … and with social media it’s no different. Between LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, the newcomer Google+, and our blogs, we are sharing massive amounts of information on a regular basis.

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