Lead Change Blog
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
Recently, while looking for a document on an archive drive, I stumbled across an unfinished draft from 2001. Since our stock is down, I’d better not ask my boss for money to do market research.” The Travelers Insurance Company called me, following an on-campus visit. I had accepted a position as a traveling salesperson.
Lead Change Blog
JUNE 16, 2015
I was too inexperienced to know that this was the essence of marketing and selling products. While I did know the market and the company, the credit came with terms that were onerous if I failed to make a payment. It was 2001 and the whole tech sector was melting down with the end of the dot com era. Career Risk.
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Harvard Business Review
JUNE 4, 2015
The declines in manufacturing jobs during the downturns of 2001 and 2007, which totaled over 5.8 That happened to manufacturing up to the 1930s; then, with maturing markets and slower demand growth, continuing productivity increases led to the long and continuing decline in manufacturing employment. million, were the largest in U.S.
CO2
AUGUST 2, 2011
An interview with Nicholas Kralev, author of Decoding Air Travel: A Guide to Saving on Airfare and Flying in Luxury. About the Author: Nicholas Kralev is a writer, educator, and speaker on global travel, diplomacy, and international affairs. Describe what it means to Decode Air Travel? Decoding Air Travel seems so mysterious.
Building Personal Strength
JUNE 17, 2010
I traveled to a variety of units to observe best practices. I remember being afraid one night in 2001. The economy had been in a recession after the stock market “tech bubble” burst. In 1980, I was researching Army training practices in order to write a manual for junior leaders on how to train solders. Lives depended on it.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
Between 2001 and the end of 2008, for example, no less than 15 U.S. In the past few years, profits have become positive across the industry, and market caps are soaring from prior lows. Many business travelers never check a bag but historically subsidized the substantial cost for leisure travelers who did.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 29, 2013
Every new market I look at seems to have an Amazon-style copycat — a website that looks, functions, and sells products a lot like a well-known online retailer. In India there''s Flipkart , in Russia there''s Ozon , and in Thailand, Indonesia, and other South East Asia markets there''s Lazada. In some cases this is true.
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