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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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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. . He tried tech, finance, and real estate — all to no avail. “It’s very much, ‘Can you learn?

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

Harvard Business Review

Presidents and provosts will tell you: operating budgets are tight. The National Association of College and University Business Officers Study on Endowments reveals that endowments are performing enviably — with returns of near 12% in 2013. Institutions have been raising tuition just to keep the lights on. a better place to be.

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How Microsoft Used an Office Move to Boost Collaboration

Harvard Business Review

” On the other hand is research about people’s preferences, like this 2013 study in the Journal of Environmental Psychology that, according to its authors, “categorically contradict[s] the industry-accepted wisdom that open-plan layout enhances communication between colleagues and improves occupants.”

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Keeping It Professional When You Work in a Family Business

Harvard Business Review

Toby Bozzutto’s father, Tom, never asked him if he wanted to work in the family real estate management company. “I had to get a master’s degree in real estate development. He eventually headed up the company’s development business before becoming the company’s president in 2013.

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Know When to Kill Your Brand

Harvard Business Review

The brand died a slow death, beginning when Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy in 2010 and then ultimately when its acquirer, Dish Network, decided to shut down all video rental operations in 2013. There may have been another business that they could have started, utilizing the company’s assets (real estate, technology, staff, etc.)

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