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Disgust, Dissatisfaction, and Determination: Fuel for Growth

Skip Prichard

The key is to acknowledge and use these emotions as a starting point, then shift towards a constructive and optimistic outlook. ” This feeling can be the first step towards exploring new opportunities that align more closely with your passions and skills. Let’s take Sarah, a finance executive I met through social media.

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5 Challenges of Starting a New Business From a First Time Business Owner

Strategy Driven

Go to someone who has a complementary skill set (it doesn’t help if you are both good at the exact same things,) someone who is as passionate as you about the business, and someone who loses as much sleep about the business as you do. Constructive criticism may well be your best asset. The same is true when assembling your team.

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Can Lean Manufacturing Put an End to Sweatshops?

Harvard Business Review

While the production system requires more worker skill and effort, employers have incentives to retain these valuable workers through improved working conditions. These findings suggest that a shift in managerial approach may have a constructive role to play in alleviating sweatshop labor conditions.

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Are You Working Over the Thanksgiving Holiday?

Harvard Business Review

12:53 PM Tuesday November 23, 2010 by Edward Hallowell | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print If youre working — either from home or the office — over Thanksgiving, Im not sure whether to say, "Congratulations on your work ethic!" or "My condolences on your plight."

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To Reform Capitalism, CEOs Should Champion Structural Reforms

Harvard Business Review

They go by names like corporate social responsibility, sustainability, shareholder advocacy, social assessment and auditing, consumer action, government regulation, leadership development, ethics, realignment of incentives , attracting long-term investors , creating shared value , and more. Educate and Motivate Others.

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