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You Are The Company’s Greatest Asset

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When he died the company did not have the direction or leadership it needed to maintain leaving the family with no savings, investments or business income. In other cases one or two employees may understand the majority of the processes in place for operating the business.

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Can Small Business learn from the American Airlines Merger?

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While focusing on daily operations is part of the equation, the big boys understand that if they don’t think about what comes next in five years they will still be fighting fires. As a business owner you should expect that there will be a courting and vetting process for a legitimate partnership.

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The USPS Lesson

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The post office has operational problems, outdated processes and rigid employment contracts. The post office has already cut 110,000 jobs and yet they still haven’t solved the problem, what happened? Well the answer is very clear to me, eliminating symptoms does not eliminate the cause.

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The Anatomy of a Practical Genius

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That means you are the genius, not operating in the lofty, exclusive heights of science or culture, but right here, right now. The greatest challenge for most people—which is rarely addressed in leadership models—is visibility. This extraction phase of work represents your very own genius full-body scan. I promise it won’t hurt.

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Cast the Net Wide – Make the Most of Your Promotional Time and.

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But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

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How Can We Increase the Number of Women on Corporate Boards?

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. “If you look on boards, one of the primary reasons we are not seeing more women joining them is that typically they are looking for candidates who either have board experience or are leading large operations. ” Ilene H. “So why the lack of progress? Men join boards every year at a higher rate than women.

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2013 Trends and The Power of Women

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Yet corporate leadership still lags as does the percentage of women on U.S. One woman has become an expert in physician services processes and programs for hospitals. how to keep all her channels operating in concert with one another. In 2012, over 50% of dentists are women, as are 47% of medical students. corporate boards.

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