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10 Books You Should Read This Summer

Leading Blog

He stated in the Saturday Review magazine in October 1960: If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know by Adam Grant.

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The Growing Power of Women in Business

Women on Business

Today, women are wielding more and more power on both sides of the business transaction. And while these figures represent US households, the percentages are being exported due to technology driven globalization. Hewlett-Packard, another technology company, named Meg Whitman as their CEO in September 2011. The New Hard Trends.

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July 2017 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Technology is proving to be a powerful enabler to bringing people together from around the globe. Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog submitted Four Solutions if You’re Feeling Overworked and Underappreciated at Work. John Hunter of Curious Cat submitted Technological Innovation and Management.

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Leadership Strategies: Are You a Davos Woman?

Women on Business

By Sylvia Lafair Picture yourself in Davos Switzerland at the annual gathering of the world’s rich and powerful. Yet, we still need to use our innate power to keep moving forward. No, you have not morphed into Angelina Jolie , you are you with a lot to offer and much to say.

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Be an Advocate for Yourself :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Mentoring is defined as career advice and guidance and sponsorship is advocacy. High performing women need to take control of their own career advancement. Communicate your intention to advance your career. Here’s the bottom line: you need to take control of your career. They need to advocate for an advocate or sponsor.

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9 Lessons from Henry Ford’s $5 Day Decision

Leading Blog

Let me set the scene, and then talk about the decision Ford made to save his company—a business decision that Fortune magazine said is the “greatest” of all time. And as assembly-line technology improved, so too did its speed, which soon became a source of great stress. Maybe you bought one of the 2.5 The workers could hardly keep up.

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Where Managerial Leadership Begins

Skip Prichard

Adapted, and reprinted with permission from Career Press, an imprint of Red Wheel/Weiser. In 1999, noted business consultant Ram Charan’s cover article in Fortune magazine identified 25 CEOs who had recently failed terribly and publicly.2 people, processes, technologies, assets, money, etc.) Where Managerial Leadership Begins.