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How to Ignite and Sustain Organizational Growth

Skip Prichard

Boards see the negative impact of a culture crisis on the value of their companies. The culture required to drive a strategy of innovation is different from the culture required to develop efficiency or operational excellence. Corporate leaders that operate with an ivory tower mentality are likely to find their tower tumbling down.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Success Checklist

Strategy Driven

When you own and operate a business you need to have certain procedures for an efficient and seamless function. Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. An inefficient operation results in unproductive activities which often miss the point and worse yet, result in wasted time and wasted resources.

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The Big Trends Changing Community Development

Harvard Business Review

Big trends in business and society tend to march along at a measured pace. When change happens fast in some area, it’s usually because multiple trends are converging to accelerate the process. Three lines of progress are crossing, and rapidly reshaping how businesses and nonprofits together strengthen the locales in which they operate.

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Women as Microfinance Leaders, Not Just Clients

Harvard Business Review

The trend is a disturbing one not only for its societal implications but because microfinance organizations more than ever must be equipped to make good decisions — and decisions are always enhanced by the sharing of diverse perspectives. One result was the innovative supplemental health insurance product MFW launched in April 2010.

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How American Business Can Navigate the Skills Gap

Harvard Business Review

My company, CareerBuilder (which operates the U.S.'s This requires close observance of labor supply trends. It's notable that in the wake of the mortgage crisis, the American workforce isn't as mobile. Labor Department unveiled $160 million in new grants to retrain workers for technical skills in high-growth fields.

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