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Great Leadership Comes with a Counterintuitive Approach

Great Leadership By Dan

Maybe it was the conclusion of a big project, or a close to the fourth quarter of 2013. He works with clients on leadership competency strategy and has extensive experience leading teams in strategic planning, process improvement, and business development in both the public and private sectors.

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Why and How to Build an In-House Consulting Team

Harvard Business Review

But building an internal consulting group is an unprecedented endeavor for many companies, and because best practices have yet to spread widely, internal consulting groups vary greatly in how they operate and the business impacts they are able to achieve. This also forces us to deliver great quality on every project. Win on merit.

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The Brief and Fascinating History of What You’re Wearing and Where It Gets Made

Harvard Business Review

He’s not going to last,''" recalls former senior business development manager Vincent Washington. "I The inventions, Antonio Regalado writes in Technology Review , range from automated cars to balloon-based data networks to images of keypads that can be projected onto a user''s hand. They said, ''This kid is a fad.

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Entrepreneurs Take On Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

Examples of this trend include the Pebble , a Kickstarter-funded project that has now sold over one million smart watches (and which predated Google’s Android Wear smart watch and the Apple Watch). As a result, software-enabled manufacturing start-ups are poised to have a large economic impact.

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The Big Picture of Business – Doing Your Best Work on Deadlines: Mobilizing the Energy for Best Business Success

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. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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The Big Picture of Business – Achieving the Best by Preparing for the Worst: Lessons Learned from High-Profile Crises, part 4 of 4

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. Business development. Body of Knowledge. The Big Picture.

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The Big Picture of Business: The Colonel and Me

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. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.