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CMI Highlights

Chartered Management Institute

As the importance of open and honest leadership continues to dominate the media spotlight, I find myself reflecting on how vital relationships are to building a positive working environment, and how important it is for all managers and leaders to develop this skill. Reserved your spot? Enjoy the rest of your week. Don’t miss out!

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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Why didn’t Folgers recognize the retail consumer demand for coffee and develop a Starbucks type business model? Has your business embraced social media? Has anyone on your executive team attended a conference on strategy, innovation or disruption in the last year? Why didn’t IBM see Dell coming? I Think Not.

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The Big Picture of Business – Tribute to a Great Mentor. Remembering Cactus Pryor.

Strategy Driven

That’s why I advise businesses, write books, speak at conferences and more. Mine was legendary humorist and media figure Cactus Pryor. I was 10 years old and wanted to be the Dick Clark of local media. That was a cue for the studio DJ to play a commercial for the Career Shop, a clothing retailer.

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Yes, Your Résumé Needs a Summary

Harvard Business Review

” “EHS director with 20 years of experience driving regulatory compliance and employees’ health and safety across industries—manufacturing, retail, and healthcare. The marketing executive began her summary with “pharmaceutical”—the one industry she’s worked in throughout her career.

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Case Study: In Search of a Second Act

Harvard Business Review

The media attention generated by its novelty had died down and, in spite of incremental technological improvements, sales were slipping. Steph and Tina, one of her grad-school classmates at MIT's Media Lab, were driving to Chicago for a conference and heard an ad on the radio for the language-learning company SimpleLanguage. "I