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The Big Picture of Business – The Fine Art of Failure: Benefiting from Mistakes to Assure Success

Strategy Driven

Continuous quality improvement means that we benchmark accomplishments and set the next reach a little further. By studying swings of the pendulum (likelihoods of failures), one better understands their progress. The Big Picture of Business – Doing Your Best Work on Deadlines: Mobilizing the Energy for Best Business Success.

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The Big Picture of Business – Tribute to Dick Clark

Strategy Driven

First-ever article on Dick Clark, as a business case study. Thanks to great mentors, I learned to be my own best self, a visionary thinker and a repository of great case studies. Learn from case studies elsewhere in the marketplace. Progress is visioned, contextualized, seeded, benchmarked.

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How to Speak Up About Ethical Issues at Work

Harvard Business Review

“Her boss wanted her to find a different benchmark that would make it look like the firm had done OK,” says Gentile. If you build confidence by rehearsing, then you’ll have more energy to engage in the conversation. Case Study #1: Test the waters before speaking up. Ask questions, don’t accuse.

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The Big Picture of Business – Yesterdayism… Learning from the Past, Planning for the Future

Strategy Driven

Review case studies and their patterns for repeating themselves. Benchmarking. Good opportunities to compare successes, case studies, methodologies, learning curves and insights. Relate Articles: The Big Picture of Business – Doing Your Best Work on Deadlines: Mobilizing the Energy for Best Business Success.

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The Big Picture of Business – Fine Wine, Aged Cheese and Valuable Antiques: Part I

Strategy Driven

A professional’s career and their collected Body of Work encompass time, energy, resources, perseverance and lots of commitment in order to produce. The multiple parts of a successful company require care, attention, grooming and benchmarking. Who should be the arbitrator and benchmark? Case Studies.

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The Big Picture of Business: Fine Wine, Aged Cheese and Valuable Antiques. Professionals Who Go the Distance.

Strategy Driven

A professional’s career and their collected Body of Work encompass time, energy, resources, perseverance and lots of commitment in order to produce. Who should be the arbitrator and benchmark? Track Record: Experience, Accomplishments, Case Studies, Professional Reputation. by Hank Moore. You should.

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The Big Picture of Business: The Realities of Networking

Strategy Driven

One can wake up, realize their energy has been zapped and experience setbacks in their business because he-she was spending disproportionate time on networking. Don’t cheat yourself because you are spending energies on the ‘non-active many,’ mostly people who could care less. Keep it in balance. Budget it each year.