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Is Leadership Development the Answer to Low Employee Engagement? (Yes.)

N2Growth Blog

Research by Gallup, as reported in The State of the American Workplace in 2013, discovered that roughly 70% of workers were disengaged. A 2001 study by the Hay Group indicated a 2.5x It is important to develop these apps, and the techniques associated with applying them, but what about the operating system that runs them?

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Thank You For Your Service (My Proudest Guest Post Ever!)

Mills Scofield

” The morning prayers of the local population could be heard echoing through the loudspeakers outside the large 25-foot concrete T-walls topped with barbed wire that surround our compound, a Forward Operating Base within an Afghan Air Force base. As such, 75% of Americans seek the opportunity for service opportunities in other ways.

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What’s Missing from Annual Reports

Harvard Business Review

Take the example of Harvey Norman , an Australia-based household-goods retailer that operates under various brands and has stores in several countries. The company’s 2013 annual report contained the usual statements on income, changes in equity, and cash flows — standard stuff. Its revenue comes from franchises ($AU4.77

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A Framework for Strategists Assessing Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

For instance, ever since Goldman Sachs coined the term BRIC, China and India have pulled ahead of Brazil and Russia, whose growth fell below the group average between 2001 and 2013. Finally, operating conditions differ significantly within the country groups.

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Where There’s No Margin for Toxic Leadership

Harvard Business Review

Back in 2001, it was growing rapidly. The CEO thought he needed to step out of the chief sales role to focus on operations and finances. By 2013, the CEO, his business partner and an early private equity investor received an offer to sell some of their shares to a large company. But when it’s a team of six?

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Achieving the Best by Preparing for the Worst: Lessons Learned from High-Profile Crises, part 1 of 4

Strategy Driven

There have been far-reaching business after-effects from the attacks on September 11, 2001. In the fourth quarter of 2001, there were 408 extended mass layoff events, involving 114,711 workers, directly or indirectly attributed to the attacks. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment!

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As Emerging Markets Slow, Firms Search for “New” BRICs

Harvard Business Review

In this new operating environment, I find more and more multinationals looking to new frontier markets for growth while demanding profitability from their emerging-market operations. The three main grocery retail chains in Peru grew from 57 stores in 2001 to 155 stores in 2010. Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa.