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How Important Is Coaching in Professional Development?

Leading Blog

A S A LIFELONG communication skills coach, I was asked recently by one of my colleagues how important individual coaching attention is for a person to learn and grow at any stage of their career. Of course, this is sort of like asking a baker if bread is worth baking. Defining : Putting too much stock into our assumptions, being quick to judge.

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Social Class In The C-Suite

The Horizons Tracker

Research from the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich reminds us that it isn’t always like this, however, and that people from working-class backgrounds can ascend the greasy pole in certain industries. By contrast, the IT and engineering sectors were far more accessible to people from working-class backgrounds.

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The Competitive Ecosystem: Thinking Ahead to Interconnectedness

Leading Blog

One simple idea, connecting vending machines to the internet, had the potential to affect multiple industries. One action affects multiple value chains across multiple, high- and low-tech industries alike. He sees this as a waste of time that reduces productivity and impacts the environment from engines idling for minutes at a time.

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A Drive for Excellence

Coaching Tip

Here in Michigan, the automotive industry has always been an everyday topic of conversation. In the past, college graduates would gain employment as automotive industry managers and high school graduates would be well compensated by seeking factory jobs.

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More Money With Less Work: The Game of Passive Income Explained

Strategy Driven

I have gained all I have today through digital marketing and affiliate income. I have recently started a blog – www.SMTPServers.co on marketing automation where I do an affiliate for automation tools to increase my passive income. The concept of passive income describes the generation of sales without having to work for it.

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How Companies Succeed By Engaging Radically With Society

Eric Jacobson

Apply world-class management to traditionally "soft" societal topics. Engage radically -- a completely open, proactive and constructive approach to the outside world. John Browne : Business exists to serve society; it is the engine of human progress that feeds, enriches, warms and delights us.

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3 Steps to Break Out in a Tired Industry

Harvard Business Review

The topic of conversation was the hotel industry. Both men thought that the industry was stale and too homogeneous relative to the diversity of customers it sought to serve. The industry had largely been unaltered since the onset of hotel chains over half a century ago. ” They two men were plotting to change that.