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A New Digital Iron Curtain

Coaching Tip

At the just-concluded conference of the International Telecommunications Union in Dubai, the U.S. In the run-up to the conference, dozens of secret proposals by authoritarian governments were leaked online. . conference just in time. and its allies got outmaneuvered. Gives Governments More Power Over Internet.

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Why Deming / Why Now / Working to transform “our” system

Deming Institute

The early emphasis on productivity in the program was a familiar theme at my work and the telecommunications business. “What can we do to work smarter, not harder?” rang out at the beginning of the program, and I was hooked. It was technologically advancing at a very rapid rate that was in evidence every day.

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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.

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The Myth of Work-Life Balance

Harvard Business Review

What they don't understand is that modern-day telecommunications, the hair-trigger requirements of financial markets, and the pace of global organizations create 24 x 7 work lives for most executives. So, forget work-life balance and think personal organization and finding ways to relax.

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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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Skills Shortages Worsening

Chart Your Course

The most active hiring will be in the materials and IT & telecommunications sectors. According to the Conference Board of Canada, “Ontario is losing out on as much as $24.3 In these industries, more companies plan to employ workers and to add a higher percentage to their workforces. billion in economic activity and $3.7

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