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ProductCamp Utah

Lead on Purpose

In the technology world, conferences have grown into huge events that attract thousands of participants and occupy massive convention centers. Hosting technology conferences has turned into an industry driven by big money and advertising. BarCamps sprouted up in 2005 as the unconference way of gathering and sharing ideas.

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New Study IDs Best Companies for Leadership?, Innovation

Great Leadership By Dan

Susan : We don't ask that question, but I would guess there are certain things that the best invest more heavily in, like technology to manage thier talent. Hay Group has researched the Best Companies for Leadership since 2005. Dan : Is there any correlation between the $$ spend on leadership development and the results?

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Female Leadership on the Decline in Canada :: Women on Business

Women on Business

However, all hope is not lost for Canadian businesswomen. In April 2007, Catalyst surveyed all of the FP 500 companies in Canada, and at the time, 15.1% of upper management positions were held by women (up from 14.4% That means some of those women could be on the right path to move into corporate executive positions in the future.

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How to Drive Change with a Leadership Point of View

Next Level Blog

Goes With What It Knows: Making Stuff,” centers on how Immelt is leading the company away from financial services and “soft services” like broadcasting and back to its historical roots of technology driven manufacturing.   Seeing that clean energy was going to be a growth market, Immelt launched ecomagination in 2005

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My First Blog Post

Tim Milburn

Here’s what I wrote on January 12, 2005: Most people don’t usually make a difference on accident. Short blog posts were great in 2005 and continue to be great in 2010. One Less Option New Word: Critischism Choosing Three Words for 2011 You can subscribe to the RSS feed of timmilburn.com by clicking here.

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EBay CEO Meg Whitman to Retire :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Just six months later, eBay went public with its initial public offering, and by 2005, eBay was on fire with nothing stopping it. When Meg Whitman joined eBay in 1998, no one knew how successful the company would become. Whitman took the helm when eBay employed only a few dozen people.

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Pay-at-the-Pump - Your Man Was There When the Idea Was Born

Building Personal Strength

2005 photo by Derek Jensen But in a way, paying for gas is less painful than it used to be. Pay-at-the-pump technology, now commonplace, makes the transaction quick and easy. Copyright 2011. The only thing I might concentrate on is a bug stain as I try to clean the windshield. And, oh yeah - the price of gas. Post by Dennis E.