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Leadership Matters

N2Growth Blog

This programme which moved me through all major departments (Engineering, Finance, Supply, Vehicle Assembly, IS&T etc.) I had joined the Rio Board in 2009, so I already had broad oversight of the company’s diverse operations. I have been extremely fortunate to have had a very varied career.

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Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study

Great Leadership By Dan

There are many examples of companies that have successful leadership training programs in place, such as Bank of America, General Electric, Microsoft, Philip Morris, Novartis International, and Marriott International to name just a few. (Yes, Succession: Are You Ready? Determining Competencies.

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Disrupting the Gaming Industry with the Same Old Playbook

Harvard Business Review

With a market size of $8 billion in 2013 Massive Multiplayer Online Gaming (MMOG) is becoming big business. million as of 2013. Some MMOG professional teams players can command six figure salaries, thanks to the finance provided by corporate sponsorships and advertising. Welcome to the brave new world of e-Sports.

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What Investors Need to Know About Zimbabwe After Mugabe

Harvard Business Review

The situation stabilized somewhat after the government abandoned the Zimbabwean dollar in favor of a multi-currency system in 2009 and entered a power-sharing deal with the opposition party. After Mugabe claimed victory in a disputed election in 2013, however, corruption increased , while the strengthening U.S.

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Could a Four-Year-Old Do What Carl Icahn Does?

Harvard Business Review

billion in 2013, making him the fifth highest-paid fund manager in the land. In 2009 it was $1.3 Here are the six likeliest reasons I could come up with: Luck: This has been the baseline academic explanation for investing success for five decades now. And maybe random chance does explain a lot of Icahn’s success.

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What Big Companies Can Learn from the Success of the Unicorns

Harvard Business Review

The term “unicorns,” coined, in 2013, by Aileen Lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures , is commonly used to identify venture-backed private companies valued at $1 billion or more. …If failure is the prerequisite of success, businesses can no longer afford not to encourage risk taking. Financed by VC firms.

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A Couple Reasons to Smile About

Women on Business

Review your investment portfolio to identify certain appreciated positions to sell now before taxes potentially increase in 2013. Medicare tax that will be imposed on certain investment income for higher income Americans beginning in 2013. The Social Security tax holiday is designed to leave more money in our paychecks.