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Social Class In The C-Suite

The Horizons Tracker

It’s fair to say that class plays a significant role in whether people get into the C-suite or not. Indeed, research shows that workers from working-class backgrounds are over 30% less likely to be recruited into a managerial role than their middle-class peers.

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Social Stigma Can Prevent Those With Debt Problems Getting Help

The Horizons Tracker

“We have this tendency, as a society, to avoid talking about our finances, and especially about debt. Credit card delinquencies are projected to rise to 2.6% In a field experiment with a financial education company, researchers provided financial education to middle-class consumers. by the end of 2023, a 20.3%

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The Top Six Benefits of an Online MBA

Strategy Driven

Maybe you can’t travel to campus several hours away or have family and work commitments that won’t allow you to attend classes during business hours. You don’t have to miss a class because you’re traveling for work or take an extended leave of absence. You may even be at the forefront of a new trend or project.

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Broaden your outlook for the next promotion

Persuasive Powerhouse

I and my colleagues flailed around with our best guesses on what would make us promotable: we took classes and grasped at opportunities to show what we were made of. Get training, hire a coach, take classes offered internally, and get that degree to learn more and set yourself up for success.

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Eight Ways Mentoring Brings Out the Leader in Your Employees

Great Leadership By Dan

As a mentor to a class of students or to individuals, you need to be organized to fill your time productively. He or she can learn how to gauge the interest of a class or an individual, and determine if a different tactic should be used. Let’s review these in detail: 1. Eventually, you will communicate based on this feedback.

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Brazil and the MORE Project

Chris Brady

Main | Teach Me What to Think » March 22, 2010 Brazil and the MORE Project  Just getting back from a whirl-wind tour of the MORE Project in Brazil. What MonaVie , Sergio Ponce, and the MORE Project are doing in Brazil is incredible. I have posted a new photo album in the margin for anyone interested. 

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The Best Leadership Books of 2019

Leading Blog

Whether it comes to our finances, our health, our communities, or our planet, it’s easy to avoid thinking ahead. The Optimist's Telescope : Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age by Bina Venkataraman (Riverhead Books, 2019) Instant gratification is the norm today—in our lives, our culture, our economy, and our politics. Blog Post ).

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