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Is your Leadership Development Developing Leaders?

Great Leadership By Dan

Several of our initiatives set the industry standard for successful firm management. Today, I help (mostly) professional services firms — law, accounting, insurance, architecture, finance — attain growth, productivity, and profitability. Employees who possess soft skills can directly impact the bottom line (SHRM).

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4 Must-Have Skills of the Well-Rounded Project Manager

Strategy Driven

So far, online training and education platforms have done a great job of turning out candidates that hold the relevant industry certifications to meet the demand, but as any working project manager can tell you – a certification will only take you so far. Business Expertise. Web Development.

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Moving Beyond Company Organization Silos: Lessons from the Aviation Industry

Leading Blog

That’s a shame because the aviation industry as a whole still continues to be an industry model for how to operate with extremely high reliability despite having a highly fragmented set of organizational entities. Even worse, functional processes — finance, human resources, sales, etc. In the U.S.,

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Why Understanding People Is The Key To Supporting Rural Innovation

The Horizons Tracker

It’s a similar finding to that provided by an analysis of startups in rural Switzerland, which found that human capital was vital, and with many rural communities lacking comparable human resources to their urban counterparts, it’s imperative that entrepreneurs work extra hard to develop the networks they require.

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How To Find “Hidden” Federal Contracts: Network :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Some 80% of government contracts are never put up for bid, and if a contract is under a certain dollar amount, government agencies are under no obligation to issue a bid notice. In addition, when your bid is the first time a government agency learns of your company, you can be sure your proposal is heading for the bottom of the pile.

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Is This the Hospital That Will Finally Push the Expensive U.S. Health Care System to Innovate?

Harvard Business Review

There was a time when the American steel industry seemed invincible. The American automotive industry looked rock-solid. American consumer electronics industry seemed untouchable. health care with this venture, set up in partnership with America’s largest not-for-profit hospital network, Ascension. Bottom line: U.S.

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How the Great Recession Changed Banking

Harvard Business Review

The banks that have nearly completed their regulatory agenda have a head start, since they can free up more financial and human resources to address evolving technology. Less apparent to the outside world is how much banks are also investing in controls, especially in their compliance, risk, and finance divisions.