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No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy.

Leading Blog

A FTER THE TERRORIST ATTACKS on September 11, 2001 and on the eve of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Major General James Mattis needed to connect with every member of the 1st Marine Division. His letter to the Blue Diamond : MARCH 2003. 1st Marine Division (REIN) Commanding General's Message to All Hands. Take it all in stride.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

Take stock of the progressive development plans and programs they’ve made available to the workforce. Shook has created the engine known for attracting, developing and retaining great talent who enjoy Accenture’s collaborative, innovative, and highly diverse culture. and a development manager at Oracle Corp.

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The Future of Business Is Social: Seven Principles That Lead to.

Strategy Driven

Instead of a monolithic one-way interaction, business is now being conducted through constant and meaningful two-way conversations between organizations and constituents – at every stage of organizational development. And it’s a good thing, too. Still skeptical? Then take a look at the hard numbers. Take Mountain Dew, for example.

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Five Mistakes to Avoid When Managing Digital Teams

Harvard Business Review

Encourage everyone on the team — including designers, developers, and content producers — to consider deliverables through to execution. If your team today has practices like designers throwing PhotoShop files over the wall for developers to execute, you may need to build in more collaboration. I’ve done that.

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Black History Month: Inspiration Women Leaders Who Changed the World

HR Digest

Wells saw lynching as a violent form of subjugation — “an excuse to get rid of Negroes who were acquiring wealth and property and thus keep the race terrorized and ‘the n *r down,'” Wells also organized economic boycotts long before the tactic was popularized by other civil rights activists, who are often credited with its success.

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What Companies Can Learn from Military Teams

Harvard Business Review

Joint Special Operations Task Force in 2003, he recognized that traditional tactics of warfare were failing in Iraq. Regardless, the number one thing I try to do is develop personal relationships with key people in the organization. Stanley McCrystal took charge of the U.S. soldiers to work cohesively. You trust certain things.

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Embargoes Work – Just Not the Way We’d Hope

Harvard Business Review

businessmen are known for their well-developed spirit of enterprise, a knack for innovation, and an ability to identify untapped growth opportunities,” he says ingratiatingly. “I That of course is the ultimate irony of embargoes — they’re a tactic aimed at avoiding a fight by not doing business together. and the U.S.S.R.