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Why London Businesses Should Think About Making the Switch to Green Cleaning

Strategy Driven

Utilising reusable plastic bottles, avoiding fast fashion and making the investment into electric and hybrid cars. A common misconception is that green cleaning products just don’t work as well as chemical cleaners. It is also a frequent error that people believe you need harsh chemicals to kill germs and bacteria.

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What are the Best Green Business Ideas?

Strategy Driven

This can also include creating a sustainable fashion brand, which uses organic cotton and other eco-friendly fabric fabrics. From upcycled furniture to creating products out of recyclable materials, there is a vast amount of DIY projects that you can try your hand at. Eco-Friendly Travel.

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Top 10 Office Colors for Productivity

Strategy Driven

Blue has even been said to cause the body to produce relaxing chemicals. If you work in an industry such as cosmetics, fashion, or real estate, using black in your office space might be the perfect way to get your team involved. It is said to create a confident yet relaxing work environment.

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Leading through Long Term Influence

Great Leadership By Dan

Other types of situations where influence may be needed include: • Changes to project plans • Support of proposals by upper management • Agree to new assignments and tasks • Provide necessary information in a timely fashion • Stop ineffective or negative behaviors The Power Use Model outlined by Anita Hall, Extension Educator ?and

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Are You an Accidental Soul-Sucking CEO?

Joseph Lalonde

That’s much more motivating than saying, “I’m going to go to work today and I’m going to sell a can of chemicals.” The question as to whether it’s our job to make our employees happy comes in and out of fashion over the decades. I’m going to create an opportunity. I’m going to cause a positive lasting memory for someone.”.

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Reinvigorate Your Career by Taking the Right Kind of Risk

Harvard Business Review

Craig Hatkoff, now a successful investor, philanthropist, and cofounder of the Tribeca Film Festival, was then fresh out of business school, working for Chemical Bank, and about to lose his job. In 1979 interest rates skyrocketed, rising to over 20%, causing real pain in the banking industry.

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Don't Trust Your Gut With Assortment Planning

Harvard Business Review

Out of the 35 categories it carried, it chose fashion bedding, designed localized assortments for five store clusters and was thrilled to see an 18% increase in revenues. It next applied the same process to fashion bath, got no revenue lift, and abandoned its localization effort. The result: a 5.8% revenue increase.