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What It Was Like to Be a Manager in Ukraine

Harvard Business Review

In my former position as Managing Director of Philip Morris Ukraine where I was based from January 2012 until February 2015, I was forced to see it as a business crisis that threatened our people, operations, and bottom line. It is easy to feel anxiety, responsibility, and even shame when things go wrong in a business.

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Connecting Unemployed Youth with Organizations That Need Talent

Harvard Business Review

nearly 6 million entry-level jobs will be created from 2012 to 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It teaches young people the dress, demeanor, and collaboration skills expected in a professional setting as well as the technical skills for careers in IT, operations, finance, sales and marketing, or customer service.

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CMOs and CEOs Can Work Better Together

Harvard Business Review

When Deborah DiSanzo took over as CEO of Philips Healthcare in May 2012, she knew that engineering would continue to drive innovation. But she also realized that the company needed to develop greater marketing muscle to drive a commercial transformation. Develop—and stick to—a marketing blueprint.

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The Big Picture of Business: Putting Budgeting Into Perspective, The Bigger Picture of Strategic Planning

Strategy Driven

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Product-service movement at business-to-business levels.