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Intrapreneurship in "Social" Business

Mills Scofield

Having lived in and with off-the-grid communities in Latin America, in Nicaragua and Colombia, I had seen and felt the impact of low Internet and basic telecommunications access, especially when it comes to communicating with potential employers. Then, of course, there are just some bad ideas and stale social enterprise models.

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A Simple Workaround to Overcome the Bureaucratic Mindset

Tanveer Naseer

Russell is an educational psychologist, author, executive coach and management consultant whose clients include Fortune 500 executives in aerospace, healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, information technology, telecommunications and oil and gas. Are You Using Dialects To Develop Your Employees’ Skills? You’ll be glad you did.

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Executives and Salespeople Are Misaligned — and the Effects Are Costly

Harvard Business Review

The results show that executives feel that they have a high level of understanding of their companies’ strategic priorities, while sales reps — who aren’t typically in the planning meetings, on the conference calls, or roaming the halls with the people crafting strategy — said they did not. There are other gaps, too.

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How to Design Work Projects for Maximum Learning

Harvard Business Review

Skill development is clearly a major priority for companies and managers these days. People are also being asked by their bosses or HR to attend conferences, read case studies, watch videos, and try their hand at simulations, all with the goal of picking up new ideas and techniques. Make it a stretch.

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4 Ways to Become a Better Learner

Harvard Business Review

The CEO sitting across from me is explaining how he and the other executives of a telecommunications firm were caught off guard by a new technology that disrupted the firm’s business. He wants to increase his capacity to learn, to spot and understand developments inside and outside of the firm. What is Learning Agility?

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Should a Woman Act More Like a Man to Succeed at Work?

Great Leadership By Dan

To help answer why there are not more women in the top ranks of leadership, scientists at Development Dimensions International (DDI) , the global leadership development consultancy, released two research studies aimed at finding the answers. Make sure your leaders have high-quality development plans.

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Tips to Get the Most Out of the Deming Collection at the Library of Congress

Deming Institute

His clients were so diverse, from telecommunication companies to railway and automotive enterprises, even hospitals. I also could access some of his conference speeches, for example he would usually speak at the annual award of the Deming Prize in Japan. Speaker and author.

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