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2013 Trends and The Power of Women

Women on Business

I was recently asked to think about how 2013 trends will impact women in the work force and how women will impact the trends. As a female entrepreneur who has built a successful company over the past decade, I forced myself to look even further ahead and determine what might be coming, not just in 2013 but in the next five years or so.

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Universities Are Missing Out on an Explosive Growth Sector: Their Own

Harvard Business Review

Education is on the brink of rapid change that will create a lot of value for innovators. One representative example: April’s Education Innovation Summit , where more than 2,000 people energetically discussed how technology and markets are charting the future of education globally. But still sitting on the sidelines?

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Employees Perform Better When They Can Control Their Space

Harvard Business Review

An emerging suite of literature and research—including our 2013 Workplace Survey — clearly points to the power of choice and autonomy to drive not only employee happiness, but also motivation and performance. We wanted to take a deeper look at some of the more abstract aspects of workplace design that can impact employee performance.

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Writing Your Résumé When Your Job Title Doesn’t Reflect Your Responsibilities

Harvard Business Review

And she wrote her summary headline — a prime piece of résumé real estate — to immediately show that she had the experience these new positions require. Described by faculty as “the Hope Diamond among the many gems on staff” when received 2016 and 2013 Staff Excellence Awards. Expand from U.S.

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How Singapore Became an Entrepreneurial Hub

Harvard Business Review

Like Silicon Valley, Singapore has strong research institutions and limited enforcement of noncompete clauses, a condition that academics now suggest can be a major driver of innovation. Like Israel, Singapore is small, with limited natural resources, which means economic growth requires innovative macroeconomic approaches.

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Get Your Budget Ready for the Upturn

Harvard Business Review

Most budgets for 2013 were made in 2012, when the prevailing economic outlook was grim. The societal factors that have made America strong in the past continue today: its diversity, thirst for innovation, entrepreneurship, and institutional support for risk taking. But here it is midyear and the signals are decidedly more positive.

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Keeping It Professional When You Work in a Family Business

Harvard Business Review

People who successfully work with family often say there is nothing more fulfilling or enriching, says Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, a senior adviser at the global executive search firm Egon Zehnder and an expert on family businesses. “I had to get a master’s degree in real estate development. ”