Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Grace tells the stories of women and men who are making a positive difference in our world by devoting themselves to serving as agents of positive change. Maxwell helps leaders gain the ability and willingness to make leadership changes that will positively enhance their organizational and personal growth. Blog Post ).

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

However, this means paying close attention to your business’ finances by budgeting and closely watching your expenditures. Seeing as they have experience and the required knowledge when it comes to finances, they’re in the best position to help you avoid major money mistakes and keep your books in order. Manage Your Debt.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Not only is true influence not difficult to acquire, but it is also sustainable when you understand the proper constructs. Are you approachable, positive, affable, trustworthy, a person of character and integrity, or are you someone who is standoffish, pessimistic and generally not to be trusted?

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Rich Gee Group

MAY 3, 2020

With that in mind, during the worst recession that we have personally experienced, colleges have managed to double their price. Parents will not be willing to risk their family finance and retirement without greater assurance of achieving the end goal—JOB OPPORTUNITY. Let us not forget, parents are the customer, the buyer.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

In the business world, as a chief executive officer or entrepreneur, corporate messaging is the key to both your personal and professional positioning strategy. When it comes to the construction of messaging, I have found that people will tend to fall into one of the four following groups.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

If your small business plan can move the nation forward, you’re a step closer to winning Uncle Sam’s financing and support. For funding in education, healthcare, construction, urban development, criminal justice, and the arts, look inside the beltway. offers the broadest scope of recovery-funded business opportunities.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Opposing positions, competitive tensions, power struggles, ego, pride, jealousy, performance discrepancies, compensation issues, just someone having a bad day, etc. Case in point…have you ever witnessed an employee throw a fit of rage and resign their position in the heat of the moment? So, what creates conflict in the workplace?

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 29, 2017

Gathering the required data is the first step to improving many areas of business, and finances are definitely no exception. Proper inventory and supply management. If you’re in construction, then you’ll need to acquire equipment and permits. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia. Your business is going to have to buy a lot of things.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2019

It’s up to the Founder to rally the troops and keep the team motivated and positive. Constructive criticism may well be your best asset. Ifrah supports and brings together other young entrepreneurs with her position as a Kairos Society Executive with a mission of focusing the next generation on problems worth solving.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Management gurus are seeking to provide clarity, stability, direction to their employees and customers. These key areas include: Manage operations with minimal loss and disruption to daily business flow. Establishing an incident management plan to ensure a safe working environment for their customers and employees.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Management gurus are seeking to provide clarity, stability, direction to their employees and customers. These key areas include: Manage operations with minimal loss and disruption to daily business flow. Establishing an incident management plan to ensure a safe working environment for their customers and employees.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 20, 2020

When financing your flipping project, you need to ask yourself these 3 questions: Am I buying at the correct price? The answers will be key to planning your first flipping venture’s financing. You also won’t have a secure financial position to sit and wait for the highest offer.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Vision statements, as implied in the construction of the phraseology itself, put forth a statement of envisioned future. Goal: Take that hill – Objectives: taking out the bunkers, machine gun nests, and other fortified positions that stand in your way of taking the hill.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 5, 2021

An alarming fact was presented through this survey that teachers’ entry-level positions are only paid $40,000 per year. Business loans can only be used for specified purposes such as construction, payments to suppliers, employee salaries, or new equipment. The state of our education system rests upon the hands of our teachers.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2013

What effective managers and leaders must recognize is that it begins with caring about the people who drive your business. Poor Management Leads to Poor Employees. Nothing will drive an employee away or decrease their performance and motivation faster than poor management practices. Managers and leaders are not made equal.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Sure, great leaders never lose sight of their core business, they pay attention to managing risk, etc., Real game changers understand the power of people and relationships, and they embody this in both their construction and implementation. What’s interesting is that the best leaders proactively focus on looking for game changers.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

By Focusing on Resilient Risk Management Ebola Battlers Can Learn from Venice's Response to Black Death NPR Every now and then, a story comes along that makes us editors say, "Why didn''t we think of that?" This all comes down to what the article’s authors call resilient risk management.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Construction began in 1884 and by some accounts continued around the clock until her death in 1922. ” — the questions we would ask about other kinds of constructions. ” Is management research a folly? is the best-selling management book in history) to prizes to Google hits and article downloads.

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Chartered Management Institute

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In a hazardous world, managers can learn from the world of scuba diving: train hard, because you’ll never get rid of risk Scroll for more Shortcut to start of content Gareth Lock, founder of The Human Diver. Want to learn more about what diving can teach managers about navigating risk? Additional reporting by David Waller.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Virtually all leaders espouse the benefits of a strong management team. These differences in philosophy and approach frequently differentiate those who advance to and succeed at the executive level — and those who stay in the ranks of middle management. However, they use starkly different levers to build one. Don't get me wrong.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2011

Roughly, I'd suggest that they're strategy, marketing, finance, and the rest of the drear, dismal, passionless stuff that makes most of us snooze through meetings and dread the arrival of Monday morning, dilberting our joint prosperity, perpetually disappointing our ever-more apathetic customers, and gleefully embezzling from the future.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2018

We wrote about our adventure nearly a year ago in The Atlantic, but as we thought more about our interaction with Tejon Ranch’s managers, we realized there were valuable lessons that we wanted to share with the corporate leaders who are likely to confront the risk of an activist campaign. The team was polite and respectful.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2018

I constructed annual earnings measures from retrospective questions in questionnaires that were given every 5-10 years. There is also information on participants’ background from their parents, who described their education, employment, finances, as well as the child’s health growing up.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2014

Positive Feedback. Praise is always good to hear, but 57% preferred to hear constructive criticism. Practically three quarters of them thought their performance would improve and their careers advance if their managers gave them corrective feedback. saying positive feedback helped them more. Negative Feedback.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

Traditional mass manufacturing is based on principles of “Scientific Management” that date back to the 19th century. Managers hold virtually all decision-making authority. Could lean manufacturing have a similar positive impact on jobs in the developing world?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2015

Fortunately, we’ve learned a few tips from working in open source communities about how to create and manage a vibrant feedback loop within our organization. Why can’t feedback also include positive aspects as well? It’s hard at first to get it moving. Yes, opening yourself up makes you vulnerable.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 21, 2011

Dean of the Rotman School of Management, Roger Martin, states in Fixing the Game , "We haven’t looked deeper into blameworthy CEO behavior to understand what really caused it. they] have enforced a strict separation between the real market and the expectations market …exactly the opposite of the way we have managed it in business.”

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2012

When someone on an account team improves dramatically after being constructively coached by a fellow team member. Some reverse leaders are people quite content to remain individual contributors, like the scientist who has no interest in managing a team but cares deeply about the company's mission.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2015

Difficult conversations — whether you’re telling a client the project is delayed or presiding over an unenthusiastic performance review — are an inevitable part of management. And, how can you manage the exchange so that it goes as smoothly as possible? “Be constructive,” says Manzoni.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Tapping into this talent has implications for HR management, calling for new approaches to screening talent, including sourcing, selection, and role definition. About 75% will receive offers for permanent positions, and company data shows that employees brought in through TWA stay twice as long as their peers. Sourcing for Commitment.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2016

The pay of top managers has risen faster than those of other star earners. Top management compensation packages guarantee a high level of pay, but are often only weakly linked to the performance of the firm relative to its industry competitors. In other words, these managers are rewarded less for outperforming their competitors.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Carla was literally bred for success as a business manager. The daughter of a senior corporate executive, she had all the right tickets including an MBA from a top school and several years of experience with a prestigious management consulting firm. (Carla's an actual executive whose name has been changed.). Think for a minute.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

This is a huge divergence from the traditional norm for chief roles, but the CE is a necessary position of power to ensure that a company innovates. The Chief Entrepreneur will be responsible for managing a portfolio of entrepreneurs who experiment with new business models and value propositions. Design/construct a space for invention.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Positive emotion is indeed the on/off switch not only for peak performance but for satisfaction and fulfillment. So reach out, connect, and relish the unique position youre in with all the people who find themselves working while others celebrate a holiday. So, consider the alternative as you go about your business on Thursday.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

We worked with the fourth generation of a construction giant, for example, where the family was deeply divided because owners held different ownership assumptions. The distributed model is the default position in most family-owned businesses. Otherwise, they either support the direction of management or sell their shares.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

You can run the largest NGO on the planet, and if you're being chicken-s**t, then you've squandered the powerful position you've been given. When I get my nonprofit management degree, that's when I can really start making a difference," we say to ourselves. It's who you are being that matters — whatever sector you're in.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2017

After managing a sleeve of a successful hedge fund in London for five years, and building ample savings, Colin was ready for his own shop. Both Colin and Serena should have more carefully and conservatively forecast the timeline for expected revenues and managed their costs accordingly. The first is Colin.

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