Women on Business

JANUARY 14, 2011

She found that bright girls, when given something to learn that was particularly foreign or complex, were quick to give up – - and the higher the girls’ IQ, the more likely they were to throw in the towel. They were more likely to redouble their efforts, rather than giving up. Why does this happen?

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

And, on BBC 5 Live's Wake up to Money programme (from 37:50; available until end of May), she stressed the importance of essential leadership behaviours such as transparency, humility and active listening in rebuilding trust within an organisation. Catch up here. (You can listen back here.) You can find all the info here.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 13, 2010

One day we had a guest speaker and reflecting on what stood out the most during his visit was the following: 1. Or more specifically “why” are you starting up your own business? Offer support to others with similar goals of business ownership. Talk about your purpose and passion! Right a wrong? Improve the quality of life?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

A Roadmap For Recovery Stimulus dollars are headed toward businesses that support these Recovery Act goals: Healthcare : Modernize the healthcare system with electronic medical records systems. If your small business plan can move the nation forward, you’re a step closer to winning Uncle Sam’s financing and support.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

But now we have GPS, the Global Positioning Satellite, and somewhere up in the sky there is a satellite that knows where I am and beams down directions for me. Wouldn’t it be great to simply plug in your dreams or goals for your life and career and have someone tell you in a very confident assuring voice how to get there?

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Having grown up watching this fairytale of an incredible journey, I absorbed it in a different frame of mind having just turned, ah-hem, 40, this past September. During this holiday season, The Wizard of Oz was featured quite frequently on a variety of channels. So look no further because “there’s no place like home.”

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

However, stop and take inventory of the ones that make you want to get up in the morning and the ones that keep you up at night. Figure out what is sucking up your time preventing you from being productive and profitable. Business Goals: Goals, like those leg warmers and jelly shoes, go out of style.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

In fact, there are some very bright people who believe you cannot become a good leader without developing a mastery for using the word no as evidenced by the following quote from Tony Blair: “The art of leadership is saying no , not saying yes.” No is not all it’s cracked-up to be…Still don’t believe me?

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

What it does mean is that in the same way your kid isn’t going to tell you the truth if he or she thinks it will land them in trouble, people aren’t going to tell you what’s going on if they think they, or the person they’re speaking about, are going to end up in hot water. No one responds well to someone who’s tensed up and ready to spring.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 13, 2011

Getting our basic needs met; the rest of our time is spent trying on different masks, cloaked in various costumes being who we need to be to realize those primal goals. Stand Up and Take Responsibility Assuming responsibility for failure in order to achieve success. That’s really what life is all about, right?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

A strict scrutiny of each candidate follows, focusing on their past successes and future potential as a CRO within the client’s specific scenario. This is not a superficial exercise; it entails a deep dive into the company ethos, operational nuances, and strategic goals. However, more is needed.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

I bring this up today as it is currently the time of year when we are fired with resolutions, goals, plans…. Marlene Dietrich didn’t speak often, but in this instance it was worth waiting for. Beginning to think of a relationship having ‘beats’ is one way to step back from the particulars of the situation and look at the larger whole.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 19, 2023

That said, healthcare leaders must possess the skillset from business acumen to compassionate care to live up to the role. If you have what it takes to take up the role of a healthcare leader, check out a few career pathways. The commitment to learning and growing as a team is what sets a leader apart from others.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 10, 2011

Many users of LinkedIn sign up and then do not utilize the site’s capability because they do not maintain their lists of connections. Follow her on Twitter as @monicadear. When you claim your profile, you may also link to that profile in places like your blog, company website, or other places you’ll need some references.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

You suspect that your finance colleague might be fudging numbers, your boss isn’t telling his manager the truth about an important project, or your co-worker is skipping out of the office early but leaving her computer on so it looks like she’s just down the hall. How do you know when it’s worth speaking up or not?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 26, 2011

Even though the chosen path resulted in the realization of my goals and dreams, I quickly became completely disinterested in corporate culture and, unwilling to jump through any more hoops for the big bucks. The high stress of being corporate Shann and doing business in someone else’s boardroom was losing its appeal.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

This quote by Henry Van Dyke sums up time best, “Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.” How great would it be if everyone would operate with the ultimate goal being love? Interesting thoughts.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

In fact, let me take it up even another notch…diversity should be a non-issue altogether. In the text that follows I’ll make my case for resting on your qualifications and performance not your ethnicity, gender, age, sexual preference, etc. A sense of entitlement is not a substitute for work ethic and a desire to achieve.

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Leading with Trust

MARCH 20, 2022

The following article is a guest post from my friend and colleague, Brock Brown. I’m sure you’ll enjoy his wisdom about the intersection of character, trust, and ethics. As the great ethicist Dr. Larry Axline said, “Moral values in action is ethics.” Some people would call these virtues and they are.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

It was from this fantastic program that I came up with the idea to teach 15 people everything I know at no charge. It ended up becoming the most widely viewed video in the history of LinkedIn. Darek Lenart – Senior VP HR, Finance MasterCard. Keith Ferrazzi – Addresses behaviors that block the achievement of strategic goals.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Former employees have alleged a “soul-crushing” culture of fear and daily intimidation by managers, where they were pressured to reach extreme sales goals, some by breaking the law. The bank has since fired 5,300 employees for the illegal behavior and eliminated retail bank sales goals entirely.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Some of the efforts cast out into the marketplace stir up action. Follow some basic ground rules to best focus the time and resources you have: Know what you need. So, in teaming up with those who can do what I can’t, they might need what I do. So many intelligent women just don’t speak up! Mine your backyard.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Workers were carefully trained to follow processes exactly as they were laid out. In Precision’s case, good tactical performance required developing rules, checklists, and standard operating procedures and then following them closely. Precision made it easy for managers to oversee their employees. This is also true of executives.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The argument makes intuitive sense, and leverage ratios provide a clear quantitative measure for regulators to monitor, so regulations have followed. According to a 1992 study by the Government Accountability Office, the average leverage ratio for the top 13 investment banks was 27-to-1 during 1991 (up from 18-to-1 in 1990).

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

If you plan for the team to be self-financing after an initial period, how long do you have to make it work — a couple of months, or a couple of years? So be open to looking at young graduates from up-and-coming master’s programs in behavior and decision science. At least not before the PhD level.)

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2015

Sema, a finance manager at the Dutch-British financial services consultancy Dirksen-Hall, had recently transferred from its Ankara office to its headquarters, in Amsterdam. Bernhard quickly piped up: “Yes, we’re here for Sema, actually. I’m short of money because my finance manager’s too small!

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

It’s tempting to give the workhorse more projects than others (especially if she’ll get them done the fastest) or to ease up on someone who is struggling, but you also need to be fair. and author of You First: Inspire Your Team to Grow Up, Get Along, and Get Stuff Done. And then follow through on your words.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Here are principles you can follow to find a career — and a specific job —­ you don’t just enjoy, but love. Then, Koloc suggests, come up with a few hypotheses about what is most meaningful to you. I want a job that allows me enough flexibility to pick up my kids from school. Ethics Feature.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 25, 2011

Almost everyone has suffered through too many meetings that take up too much time and accomplish too little. Establish a follow-up time and date to meet again. Establish a follow-up time and date to meet again. Wrap up the meeting with a summary of accomplishments and next steps action items.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

As people see the events as having a direct effect on the economy and their livelihood, they take notice and follow the stories more thoroughly. How much further should we extend ethics? Sadly, many of the perpetrators did not see lapses in ethics… it was legal and just business to them. How far will we go to excel?

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