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How to Have an Impact without Electricity and the Internet

Mills Scofield

GOALS uses soccer to engage youth in public service and education that improve quality of life and develop new leadership. We’re up to 600 kids per month with a staff of 18 local leaders focused on long-term, community-driven development. Notes : GOALS Haiti just won Beyond Sport’s award for Best New Project.

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The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Walk The Talk The Dash, The Race, and Management, Training and Development Resources Workforce Management: information on employment law, human resource development and human resource management.

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Goal Setting vs. Goal Sitting

Chris Brady

Select one (or at the most two), and hammer away at it with all your ability. We take a look at ourselves and see so many areas for improvement that we are tempted to attack them all at once. Resist this temptation. Focus is the key. Take immediate action. Where the fins hit the water is when we take action toward their fulfillment.

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Recruiting Strategies for a Tight Talent Market

Harvard Business Review

For developers, that may be Stack Overflow, a question-and-answer site specifically for programmers. ” The company was already developing content, targeted specifically at recruits, that demonstrated its “culture and the type of company we want to be in 1, 5, and 10 years.” So venture out. physicians are members of.

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Case Study: When Two Leaders on the Senior Team Hate Each Other

Harvard Business Review

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. “I did talk to that leadership development firm last year,” he said. “Besides, lots of experts say that too many people view comp as a hammer and every problem as a nail.

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The Right Kind of Stress Can Bond Your Team Together

Harvard Business Review

Behind every stressor — even a never-ending slog with your inbox – there’s an opportunity for you to develop aspects of your potential, such as patience, endurance, and efficiency. The problem with stress comes when you feel the emotional response to stress, yet forget the meaning behind it.

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The Best Morale Boost $3 Million Can Buy

Harvard Business Review

I recently spoke with Sport Murphy over the phone. “There were catchphrases that had to be hammered into the head of the employees, just like advertising does to the general public.” Though Mary Kay slowly developed its own quasi-religious conferences , complete with songs, by the 1980s.). ” True.

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