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Minority Entrepreneurs Still Face Discrimination When Seeking Finance

The Horizons Tracker

In Study 3, the researchers conducted a survey encompassing 266 small business owners from various locations across the country. ” One step that small business owners can take is to register their company as an LLC, which would help to persuade lenders that the business is more sophisticated.

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Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study

Great Leadership By Dan

Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study. There are many examples of companies that have successful leadership training programs in place, such as Bank of America, General Electric, Microsoft, Philip Morris, Novartis International, and Marriott International to name just a few.

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7 Strategies for Reducing Operational Management Risk

Strategy Driven

Another problem companies face today involves the funding of the operational risk management strategy consistently. Approximately 80 percent of businesses in the survey stated the corporate level remains accountable for risk management. They need to train all employees to make risk-based thinking part of everyday operations.

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10 High-Paying Jobs You Can Get Without a College Degree

HR Digest

There are thousands of companies hiring new employees every day. Software developers can work in many different fields, including finance, education, information technology, health care, construction, and more. Finance & Accounting Manager. And competition for jobs is fierce. They may also create video games or websites.

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Is Leadership Development the Answer to Low Employee Engagement? (Yes.)

N2Growth Blog

revenue increase for companies with high engagement levels. A 2012 Custom Insight survey revealed that 49% of workers cited problems with their direct supervisor as their reason for disengagement. We may learn these competencies through leadership training. Some may be engineers, marketers, finance directors, or salespersons.

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Is your Leadership Development Developing Leaders?

Great Leadership By Dan

Today, I help (mostly) professional services firms — law, accounting, insurance, architecture, finance — attain growth, productivity, and profitability. People leave managers, not companies. Ninety-one percent of HR professionals surveyed by LinkedIn believe soft skills are very important for the future of recruiting.

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Study: Smaller Teams Perform Better Than Bigger Teams

HR Digest

Cross-functional teams do better than specialist groups—counterintuitively, this holds even when the specialist group are finance professionals. SJTs tests measure hidden capabilities and training impacts. Based on the responses, companies can even come up with customized training programs for employees to improve performance.

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