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The Servant-Leadership Times They are a Changin

Modern Servant Leader

I was living in New York City when I first sought opportunities to work with companies focused on servant leadership. He went on to explain his experience turned up few – if any – companies that were serious about servant-leadership in the greater New York area. This is a symbolic reflection of a major movement in business.

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A Monster of an Idea

In the CEO Afterlife

Started just ten years ago, this company boasts sales of $1.95 On top of that, I found the Monster logo on an array of items ranging from apparel to condoms – so much for the branding principles in Al Reis and Jack Trout’s best seller, The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing. That’s a monster of a return.

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How to Improve the Engagement and Retention of Young Hourly Workers

Harvard Business Review

In industries like retail, customer service, and hospitality, entry-level turnover alone costs billions of dollars each year, based on voluntary turnover rates and annual replacement costs. The young people we surveyed worked in a wide variety of industries, including health care, manufacturing, retail, and hospitality.

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Sell Your Product Before It Exists

Harvard Business Review

It’s a model that isn’t entirely new — software companies have long used “vaporware” campaigns to get an injection of cash by selling software before it’s available. It may not be the right strategy for every industry. However, these new businesses are doing with tangible products what had only before been done with software.

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What It Might Mean If We All Work From Home

The Horizons Tracker

Companies like Google have already said that their employees will be working from home into the summer of 2021, with other technology companies following suit. They have been joined by companies like Ford, REI and JPMorgan Chase, all of whom have announced long-term plans for remote working.

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Traditional Strategy Is Dead. Welcome to the #SocialEra

Harvard Business Review

The companies thriving today are operating by a new set of rules — Social Era rules. Companies like REI, Kickstarter, Kiva, Twitter, Starbucks — they get it. The industrial era primarily honored the institution as a construct of creating value. Social can be — and already is — more than Media.