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Thank You For Your Service (My Proudest Guest Post Ever!)

Mills Scofield

Training a newly formed Afghan Air Force is the epitome in complex continual change management. ” Each card contained personal wishes for good health, happiness and a safe return from children and adults who wanted to tangibly participate in the experience. Terms like “Thank you for your service!”

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Research Shows Immigrants Help Businesses Grow. Here’s Why.

Harvard Business Review

Hiring immigrants may help you build the organizational muscle of adaptability that will enable your company to be more receptive to, and act upon, the continual change that is required of businesses today. Businesses are increasingly finding that rapid adaptation is necessary for success in today’s competitive environment.

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Why Leadership Development Isn’t Developing Leaders

Harvard Business Review

Participants are taken out of their day-to-day workplaces to be inspired by expert faculty, work on case studies, receive personal feedback, and take away the latest leadership thinking (and badges for their résumés). All can act as powerful experiential catalysts for learning and change.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Realities of Branding… Slogans that Mislead

Strategy Driven

My analysis: Agreed, though I would include continuing education, self-fulfillment and the ability to plan one’s future life to the equation. ‘Change Your Hairstyle as Easily as You Change Your Mind.’ Newspapers brag about all they donate toward educating the community. The New York Times.

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