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Are you ready to kick butt in 2013?

Women on Business

Right now, the idea of kicking butt in 2013 is probably the last thing on your mind. But come January 2, when that alarm clock goes off, you’re going to feel a lot better about facing the New Year with a blueprint for success.

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Great Leadership Comes with a Counterintuitive Approach

Great Leadership By Dan

Failure – The Foundation of Success When is the last time you celebrated a success at work? Maybe it was the conclusion of a big project, or a close to the fourth quarter of 2013. Yet our failures are a very important part of our eventual successes, so why shouldn’t we celebrate these as well?

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Stop! What Is Not Working

Lead from Within

If we are to be successful this year in our life, leadership, and loving, we might need to put a stop to a few things. Stop being afraid of success. © 2013 Lolly Daskal. There are people who will pretend to be happy just so they can stop their sadness. I have put together a short STOP list. Feel free to add your own items.

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Smart Marketing for Small Businesses

Strategy Driven

Below are seven key success areas to help you begin to think about a marketing plan for your small business: 1. You (or someone else in your company) should commit to writing about key topics and insights in your business and / or industry. After all, you carry your brand and your business’ image with you everywhere you go!

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A Survey of 3,000 Executives Reveals How Businesses Succeed with AI

Harvard Business Review

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Don’t believe the hype: Not every business is using AI… yet.

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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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Why and How to Build an In-House Consulting Team

Harvard Business Review

Over the past six years, we have put in place a 30-person consulting team at EMC Information Infrastructure (EMC II) using a model we have found to be successful, winning projects away from external management consulting firms at a fraction of the cost, and with great “client” (that is to say, EMC) satisfaction. Measure success.