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Christiana Shi: Women in Power

Women on Business

Christina Shi is the Chief Operating Officer at Nike, Inc. and when you look into her progress and career path she brings a whole new meaning to the company slogan of “just do it”. Through her career, Christiana has taken a lot of risks. The travel had kept her away too often for her liking.

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Customer Experience Management | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I'm traveling this week, but will follow-up with you next week to arrange the Skype call. The focus of these short-sighted bean counters incorrectly place cost savings ahead of the customer experience. I'd love to schedule a skype call at some point if possible BTW! Scott [link] mikemyatt Hi Scott: Thanks for comment. Thanks Scott.

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More Human: My Journey To The Heart Of Great Leadership (Part 1)

Terry Starbucker

I started my career as a certified public accountant –because it was the fastest way to a professional paycheck. I was hired by a multi-millionaire entrepreneur to be the COO of a 600,000 customer cable company. I got out of my office and traveled to where the transactions took place, and our customers were served.

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How to Make Unlimited Vacation Time Work at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg called the deck the most important document ever to come out of Silicon Valley. Leaders who successfully implement unlimited vacation policies operate in companies that are already high in trust. The slide deck itself was viewed over 11 million times, and newspapers around the globe picked it up.

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5 Questions to Ask Before You Call Out Someone Powerful

Harvard Business Review

In the early stages of his career he decided he had to speak up about malpractice he had witnessed. The Chief Operating Officer of one of the world’s biggest banks described the environment that fostered the culture that enabled the Libor and related scandals: “It all begins with the organization’s biggest lie.”

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What to Do When a Personal Crisis Is Hurting Your Professional Life

Harvard Business Review

“Work is often an antidote, a space where you can forget about what’s happening and operate as a functioning adult rather than feeling helpless in the face of these events.” . “I was overwhelmed by the tsunami of death, and work was very much a solace for me,” she says. Principles to Remember.

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