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This Seems Like a Lot of Work For a Free Banana

Lead Change Blog

His voice is powerful. So please read this post and his book, Raise Your Voice: A Cause Manifesto, if you want to change your business…and yourself. Deb has 20+ years of experience in strategic planning, execution and innovation with manufacturing, service and high-technology companies from large global companies to early-stage.

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Preview Thursday: Intelligent Disobedience

Lead Change Blog

Ira Chaleff is an author, speaker, workshop presenter, and innovative thinker on the beneficial use of power between those who are leading and those who are following in any given situation. Accept the short-term consequences of your choice. Appreciate the long-term consequences you most likely avoided.

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 6 of 7

Strategy Driven

Silent Killer #5: Suppressing Innovation. Thanks to the bureaucracy and lack of listening that exists in most companies today, we have created working environments that stifle the creativity, original thought, and innovation that make our human capital so valuable. The greatest enemy of innovation is modern management.

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 5 of 7

Strategy Driven

Rather than attempting to replace people, our IT systems, processes, and products should be aimed at enabling the human cooperation, collaboration, and innovation that are essential to growing a business. But a new generation of coordination tools is available, and the innovators of the world are using them. About the Author.

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5 Ways Women in the Private Sector Can Turn the Economy Around

Strategy Driven

Women are making a powerful difference in business, in today’s economy, and in family life. The adage that there is power in numbers definitely applies. With such incredible power in their hands, women have a number of ways within their reach where they can help turn the economy around. trillion market. About the Author.

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 3 of 7

Strategy Driven

Too many organizations today have created and tolerated a range of practices in which creativity, innovation, and the fundamental expressions of our thoughts and feelings about our work and our futures are ignored or spurned. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Making of a Classic: Houston Legends. How Entrepreneurs and Business Made City Grow.

Strategy Driven

My sixth book is Houston Legends , a definitive history of a dynamic global capitol. It is the hub of the world’s energy industry, headquarters of medical innovation and entrepreneurial phenomena. Recurring themes include pioneer spirit, business innovation, community give-back, growth and vision. About the Author.