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HP Headed to Hotel California?

Women on Business

HP has made some controversial decisions lately, but is Meg Whitman a great strategic move or the kiss of death for this once great tech company? HP announced Whitman’s appointment on September 22, 2011 but given the public comments, customers seem to think it’s a bad choice.

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Seminars: Women’s Networking

Women on Business

Yes, you can get tired and it can get expensive when you add up hotel and flights, but events solve many of your problems if you choose the right ones. The moral of the story is that once you are aware of what’s possible, you have a better chance of executing your plan. Here’s the skinny on what’s. Here’s how to benefit richly from.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Teaches leadership to executives and emerging leaders around the world. Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) Board of Directors. Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Global Debt Registry (MHR). Corporate Executives.

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Salespeople Need a Strategy for Selling to CEOs

Harvard Business Review

“Sell higher and call on the C-Suite” is probably the most common refrain in business development, and you can see why. ” Despite the advantages, however, selling to executives can be challenging. .” ” Despite the advantages, however, selling to executives can be challenging.

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Take a Step Back to Propel Your Career Forward

Harvard Business Review

As Internet theorist Doc Searls has described , instead of making money “from” writing, I’m now earning it “because of” the exposure it provides me and the related opportunities generated in public speaking, consulting, and teaching executive education. In Reinventing You , I profiled a successful retired HR executive named Deborah Shah.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business Review

Yet these executives also had an outsider role where they worked on an emerging growth business or consciously explored external opportunities, giving them critical distance from the core. He got the top job because of that, and then as CEO he accelerated cloud-business development to make it the company’s primary strategy.

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Social Enterprises Need a Solid Measurement System

Harvard Business Review

It's a straightforward process that our firm deduced from studying over a dozen major corporations — including Alcoa, Coca-Cola, Intel, InterContinental Hotels, Nestlé, and Novo Nordisk — that seem to be well along the way to building shared value enterprises at scale. There is a remedy. It involves four steps described below.

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