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The Big Picture of Business – The Fine Art of Failure: Benefiting from Mistakes to Assure Success

Strategy Driven

The importance of research, due-diligence and marketplace understanding surface. Most people and organizations fail due to never having control over certain ingredients, improper planning and the inability to change. Develop attitudes, behaviors and skills as the motivator to create bigger successes.

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How to Evaluate, Accept, Reject, or Negotiate a Job Offer

Harvard Business Review

“Think about the offer in terms of your development, your quality of life, and the variety of the work you want to do.” You must also “do your due diligence,” on the organization and its people to make a sound judgment on whether you will enjoy working there, notes Weiss. Cultural fit. Heed red flags.

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What Made a Great Leader in 1776

Harvard Business Review

” Which helps to explain why Ellis’s book is a such a terrific case study in leadership. If you are clear about your objectives, and focused on precisely what you need to develop and execute the elements of your strategy, you can assemble an unbeatable organization. Do your due diligence. The takeaway?

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How to Tell If a Company’s Culture Is Right for You

Harvard Business Review

During the interview process, you had a singular goal: to get an offer. John Lees, the UK-based career strategist and author of How to Get a Job You Love , agrees that it’s important to do further “due diligence” on the company and its people to make sure it’s a place you want to work. Ignore red flags.

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What Made a Great Leader in 1776

Harvard Business Review

” Which helps to explain why Ellis’s book is a such a terrific case study in leadership. If you are clear about your objectives, and focused on precisely what you need to develop and execute the elements of your strategy, you can assemble an unbeatable organization. Do your due diligence. The takeaway?

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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

Harvard Business Review

“Take an interest in the balance sheet and then do the due diligence to understand it,” he says. Your goal is to develop a deep understanding of the precise “link between profit and loss” and how that affects your organization’s performance over time, says Knight.

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Be a Better Global Collaborator

Harvard Business Review

Fortunately, more people are doing their due diligence these days. We all have our own cultural lens that we've developed since we were kids. This shared goal serves as the basis of your work and your relationship. Molinsky suggests developing prototypes instead. Case Study #1: Knowing when to adapt.