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Be Different! The Key to Business and Career Success

Skip Prichard

The Key to Business and Career Success. There is one universal principle that determines the degree of success of all businesses: Be the preferred provider to your markets. So, how does a business build competitive advantage by becoming the preferred provider to the markets it serves? ” -Stan Silverman.

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It’s a Match! How to Create an Equitable Compensation System That Fits You

HR Digest

According to the International Labor Organization , the global labor force participation rate for women stands at 47 percent. Establish Benchmarks Make it a point to define industry and market benchmarks to compare your organization’s compensation practices. Gender is not the only discriminating divide.

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10 BIG Development Goals for Leaders for 2012

Great Leadership By Dan

A complete career change. Career-wise, this is the granddaddy of development moves. While not as high risk or high developmental impact as a career change, switching to a new company, or even division within a big company, offers the opportunity to apply what you know in an entirely new context. A job change. A geographic move.

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How to Achieve Better Gender Balance through Succession Planning and Development

Great Leadership By Dan

According to research from the book Why Woman Mean Business , women now represent a majority of the talent pool, a majority of the market, and better gender balance in leadership yields better corporate performance. MARKET : Women make 80% of consumer goods purchasing decisions in the US.

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Face-to-face networking is still the key to connections.

Strategy Driven

How important is face-to-face networking to sales, relationships, career, and success? One of my best friends, Richard Herd, and I were talking one day about me not continuing to participate in the Chamber. Served on committees welcoming new members and meeting other small business owners. Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.

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The Big Picture of Business: The Realities of Networking

Strategy Driven

Ostensibly, all participants benefit from the synergy. They exchange ideas, swap cards, engage in base-level volunteer work and participate in several concurrent networks. They staff committees and events, hoping to generate more leads. The longer they network, the better they get at niche marketing. Social Networkers.

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Cast the Net Wide – Make the Most of Your Promotional Time and.

Women on Business

Evaluate organizations online: their mission, major products/markets, history, and biographies of key participants. If you have more time, contribute to an association committee. Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects. Investigate those doing what you want to do.