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What Women Leaders Bring to the New Decade :: Women on Business

Women on Business

We are here to cooperate with them in a new and more productive way. It includes men, invites men as partners to rethink what we are doing to the planet, why we continue to put work ahead of family, ahead of raising the next generation, how much is enough, what really matters. We are not here to become like our men.

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Leadership Matters

N2Growth Blog

In 1973/4 I participated in an Overseas Fellowship at General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) in a work/study cooperative programme in Flint, Michigan, which was the birthplace of GM. This programme which moved me through all major departments (Engineering, Finance, Supply, Vehicle Assembly, IS&T etc.)

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Leadership and a Cup of Tea :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Leadership is about being a model of behaving in ways that create cooperation and collaboration. The Vietnamese name for teacher is Thay, and that moment of having “Tea with Thay” is still comforting when the business of the day begins to overtake me. Please share some of your best practices for reducing stress and renewing your spirit.

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Dealing with Conflict | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Unresolved conflict often results in a loss of productivity, stifles creativity, and creates barriers to cooperation. Developing effective conflict resolution skill sets are an essential component of a building a sustainable business model. Perhaps most importantly for leaders, good conflict resolution ability equals good employee retention.

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Leading Those Who Don't Want To Follow | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

However when a situation can be seen through the lens of difference, and a position is simply a matter of opinion not a totalitarian statement of fact, then cooperation and compromise is possible. I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

They are simply meant to foster a spirit of cooperation. Significance Your Story Matters Service Above Self Capital vs. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable?

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Don Draper Is Replaceable; Joan Holloway Isn???t

Harvard Business Review

In season three of Mad Men , Sterling Coopers rainmakers — including Don Draper and Roger Sterling — are planning to leave the ad agency and to take as many clients as possible with them. It surprised people in the industry, yes, partly because all the media attention goes to the creative and account executives.

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