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12 Disciplines of Leadership Excellence: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

12 Disciplines of Leadership Excellence: How Leaders Achieve Sustainable High Performance Brian Tracy and Peter Chee McGraw-Hill (2013) No so much “disciplines” as they are dimensions of a mindset The last time I checked, Amazon US sells 45,249 books that focus on business leadership. Why another?

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Where your company is headquartered makes a big difference to your bottom line

Strategy Driven

Real estate is unaffordable for many, competition for talent and investment is fierce, and high state and local taxes and labor costs quickly consume whatever capital startups have secured. Geography can also factor in startup success and failure rates. About the Author.

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Salespeople have questions. Jeffrey has answers.

Strategy Driven

Jeffrey, I’m an independent commercial real estate lender and commercial real estate mortgage broker. ” All the people you’re talking to in the real estate business only want to get a deal done. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. The POWER of Sales Success.

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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. That isn’t failure – it’s data.

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

Harvard Business Review

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. Thus, the asset managers are more comfortable with hedge funds, real estate holdings, and trading strategies than in market opportunities in education.

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

Harvard Business Review

Then make notes about past accomplishments that clearly demonstrate your successes in those areas. 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. The first step is to carefully review each job posting.

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