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Revisiting Our Masculine Side of Leadership :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Now, it is, in essence, a mystery story and a precursor of the Indiana Jones films. Categories : personal development Contact Sylvia Lafair, author of Dont Bring It To Work: Breaking the Family Patterns that Limit Success at sylvia@ceoptions.com. He ” by Robert Johnson is about the myth of Perceval and the Holy Grail.

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Leadership Strategies: Are You a Davos Woman?

Women on Business

They discussed profit and loss margins, product development and the like. One quick note, at our past WELL programs we have used clips from the film “Mona Lisa’s Smile” to get deeper discussions going. I know them and I know they were feeling that first blush of intimidation that is often a core pattern in women in business.

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If your CMO is making all of your brand decisions there will be h*ll to pay down the road. You know the issue of sequestered executives is a real problem when it’s main-stream enough to be made into a prime-time Reality TV show. While many have scoffed at the CBS show &# Undercover Boss, &# I believe it signals a very disturbing trend.

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Business Leadership Expertise: Give a Gift of Honoring :: Women on.

Women on Business

Strong yet Others are from books, films and politics. I believe we can stand on the shoulders of the past by exploring the legacy of the women who held out a hand when the terrain was rocky, gave us courage when it looked hopeless, encouraged us to keep on keeping on no matter what. The others can get a silent salute from the heart.

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A Quiet Revolution in Clean-Energy Finance

Harvard Business Review

Solyndra's example has been particularly stark: it raised over $1 billion in equity finance in addition to receiving a $535 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy, all prior to a cancelled IPO and the recent FBI investigation upon its bankruptcy.

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How to Hand Off an Innovation Project from One Team to Another

Harvard Business Review

Truth is, you can have the right portfolio of investments, the right metrics and governance, the right stage-gate development process, and the right talent on the right teams — but if you don’t design the right handoffs between your teams, all of that planning falls apart. But a sickening number of those investments fail.

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Eight Communication Traps That Foil Innovation

Harvard Business Review

For it to be successfully implemented, your development project needs to be accepted into the operations side of the business. Use skits, storyboards, and films to develop customer personas and scenarios. Recognize the power of words in getting the development team aligned and achieving the positive results you hope for.