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Building a Coaching Culture in Your Small Business

Thin Difference

It takes time and energy, two things often in short supply in small businesses. Coaching leaders hold themselves to high standards in relationships, work ethic, and confidentiality. He also oversees client relationships in the retail, technology, hospitality, healthcare and telecommunications industries.

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Preventing Another Bangladesh Tragedy: Three Ways to Transform Supply Chain Ethics

Harvard Business Review

So here are three radical suggestions for transforming the field of supply chain ethics. In telecommunications and information technology, experts are waking up to the need for full "chains of custody" for components because of the threat of malicious " hardware Trojan horses." They aren''t going to be adopted anytime soon.

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Before You Open a Business…

Leading Blog

Business ownership consumes large quantities of time and mental energy, even after it’s running well and succeeding. It consumed so much time and energy that I didn’t have much left for anything else. How does owning a business fit into your overall life plan? What are your motivations for wanting to own your business?

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Corporations Need a Better Approach to Public Policy

Harvard Business Review

Issues bearing significantly on the business emerge not just in legislative, executive, or regulatory settings; they can also arise in litigation or transactions or adoption of ethical standards necessary to pre-empt policy proposals. telecommunications or food safety or healthcare or aerospace or energy/environment).