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Leadership in the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association

Coaching Tip

The RV Financing Community. Leadership Sports Travel What is Work life Coleman Company Fleetwood Enterprises Ford Motor Company John Brademas Monaco Coach Corporation Recreation Vehicle Industry Association RVIA Thetford Corporation Thor Industries U.S. Norm Jacobson. Lance Camper Manufacturing Corp. Sid Johnson. Jayco, Inc.

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Lots of Companies Still Have No Senior Executives Who Are Women

Harvard Business Review

Since 2004, the global tax, auditing, and advisory firm Grant Thornton has surveyed people around the globe — this year it interviewed more than 5,000 people from 36 countries — to track the progress women are (or are not) making into senior leadership roles in their companies. That hasn’t happened.

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Serving on Boards Helps Executives Get Promoted

Harvard Business Review

More than 25 years ago, William Sahlman wrote the HBR article “Why Sane People Shouldn’t Serve on Public Boards,” in which he compared serving on a board to driving without a seatbelt, that it was just too risky—to their time, reputations, and finances—for too little reward. increased by over $300,000.

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Is Your Supply Chain Ready for the Congestion Crisis?

Harvard Business Review

Highways and bridges are in desperate need of repair, making travel slower—and more dangerous. For instance, the average transit times to move containers from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to Chicago grew from 84 hours at the end of 2004 to 120 hours by early 2015. Railway systems are near capacity. Insight Center.

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The Secrets to TripAdvisor's Impressive Scale

Harvard Business Review

Founded in 2000 by Stephen Kaufer and Langley Steinert, Boston-based TripAdvisor is a travel website that provides reviews and other information for consumers about travel destinations around the world. In founding TripAdvisor, Kaufer wanted to take his hard core engineering skills and apply them to vertical search in travel.

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You Can Be a Great Leader and Also Have a Life

Harvard Business Review

In 2004, Hickox was a certified public accountant in Texas and at a crossroads in her career. “The culture in the bank’s accounting and finance team has changed totally since I got here,” she said. This was also true for Michelle Hickox. “I didn’t want that,” she told me.

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6 Reasons Platforms Fail

Harvard Business Review

If Android throws a Hawaiian luau with a five-course feast, free travel, and attendees get to meet Robert Downey Jr. In 2004, the residual assets were sold off for a mere $7 million, a tiny fraction of the $500 million auto manufacturers had invested.