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Attention Leaders: Five Attitudes to Take to work in 2013

You're Not the Boss of Me

So, with that in mind, here are five attitudes that I think will be necessary for business leaders to take, in achieving success in 2013 and beyond: Attitude # 1: Diversity is not a black and white subject ~ There are a myriad of distinctions between human beings. And, what better time to do it than at the beginning of a New Year?

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We Can’t Afford to Leave Inequality to the Economists

Harvard Business Review

You’re probably familiar with the basic outlines, but it’s worth throwing out a few numbers from their most recent update : From 1993 to 2013, incomes of the bottom 99% of taxpayers in the U.S. Instead, the correlation between inequality and mobility is driven primarily by “middle class” inequality. Compensation Economy Ethics'

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Why Tesco’s Strengths Are No Longer Good Enough

Harvard Business Review

If round after round of profit warnings was not enough – group operating profits fell 20% between 2011 and 2013 and are likely to fall another 30% in 2014 — the company recently announced it had overstated its first-half profit by about $400 million. UK retail, like the rest of the developed world, is witnessing a few big long-term trends.

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How Military Veterans Can Turn Their Skills into a Corporate Career

Harvard Business Review

Since 2013, I’ve keynoted talks to groups of transitioning military veterans nearly 20 times as part of Deloitte’s CORE Leadership program, which helps vets reinvent themselves into civilian careers. Do you have a strong work ethic?’” “It’s very much, ‘Can you learn?

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Why Women Stay Out of the Spotlight at Work

Harvard Business Review

In 2013 we embedded ourselves in a women’s professional development program at a large nonprofit organization in the U.S. Most decided to join the professional development program for its networking and educational opportunities, but many participants cited the chance to contribute to research as an added perk.

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Why Women Stay Out of the Spotlight at Work

Harvard Business Review

In 2013 we embedded ourselves in a women’s professional development program at a large nonprofit organization in the U.S. Most decided to join the professional development program for its networking and educational opportunities, but many participants cited the chance to contribute to research as an added perk.

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When Did the U.S. Stop Seeing Teachers as Professionals?

Harvard Business Review

Often its members join in a professional organization, local, state, or national, which enunciates standards and ethics of professional performance sometimes with the powers of enforcement.” ” This definition is echoed by a 2013 national survey of 20,000 conducted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.