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10 Ways to be a Better Team Player :: Women on Business

Women on Business

The most important asset you will ever have is the ability to positively influence people. This is a guaranteed winner, if you can walk away from the experience with a loss, but still leave each team member feeling that you really valued them, you have won. Related posts: How did you choose YOUR ‘A’ team?

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For Successful Collaboration, Think Outside the Box

Harvard Business Review

He explained that his organization was highly functionalized with separate units for sales, trading, investing, portfolio management, credit, risk, and operations; some of which reported to him and some to the corporate center. She and her customers were basically told to get used to the delays.

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What Every Manager Should Know About Machine Learning

Harvard Business Review

Rating the credit risk of loan applicants. Another effect, “shrinkage”, is when the algorithm reduces each feature’s influence, so that the predictions aren’t overly reliant on any one feature in case it turns out to be noisy. Forecasting long-term customer loyalty.

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