Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Being sharp means being succinct. If you rely on searches for your background research, so will those you work with (if they are sharp). Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects. Follow some basic ground rules to best focus the time and resources you have: Know what you need.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

It''s that among the sharp-elbowed hordes pushing through Washington''s corridors of power, they didn''t even stand Out." Now, Xerox is reviving its copying business by focusing on the value added by advanced technologies and color copying. The initial costs of entry, especially for marketing, will be prohibitive.

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Waterman Follow-up Automotive Learning-by-Doing 55

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2017

Yet our careers, families, social lives, priorities, and visions may differ significantly from those who are hailed as successful by a particular expert. Hence, there are opportunity costs to following even harmless-seeming advice. A main reason why is that times change, the world evolves, and technology advances.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

—Andrea Ovans Getting the Vapors Kodak Moment The Economist With the European Parliament set to vote next week on whether electronic cigarettes should be regulated as medical products, this is a good time to reflect on the inroads this disruptive technology is making in the slow-moving, not-very-innovative tobacco industry. Health-care costs.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Savvy working parents know that it takes more than a home office to make remote work work for their organizations, careers, and families: It takes conscious effort and some specific, effective tactics — which you can start using today. Wear what makes you feel sharp and confident. Do a technology audit.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Let me be blunt – you won’t earn anyone’s respect, at least not the respect of anyone who matters if your concern for career success overshadows your concern for the well-being of your family. Think About Your Legacy: Create a legacy that transcends your career. What I can tell you is that I’ve always made my family a priority.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Do you tuck tail and run desiring to avoid conflict at all costs? Therefore the art you speak of sculpts with a very sharp blade – the tongue. I've been ranting a bit lately about the lost art of passionate discourse (and the cost of that to the health and success of our organizations). Here's the post.[link]

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Our research and work with companies suggest three broad approaches you can try, each with its own pros and cons: Enact a sharp "decree" to force a specific change in behavior. This is where a knowledge worker farms out specific tasks to a low-cost provider, so she can focus on more value-added work.

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Productivity Products Peer Review Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

economy as a whole, rather than the narrow, specific slices of technology or communication, the first decade of the 21st century did not generate expected growth in jobs, revenues, profits, or stock prices. The business press puts a tremendous focus on technology and innovation, but what it doesn't do is put it into context.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

At first, the causes of free fall appear to be external: a global financial crisis, a banking system collapse, government deregulation, or, more common, a new business model or technology harnessed by a nimble insurgent competitor. Clearly, something else, beyond the disruptive technology itself, is behind the demise of companies like Kodak.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Several studies (including this one ) have shown that doctors want to be led by other doctors; they trust physician leaders to make the right decisions about redesigning health care delivery and balancing quality and cost. The second is, it can reduce physician turnover (and thus the cost of recruiting) and boost morale.

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