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Leadership Lessons from the Titanic | Navigator Newsletter #184

Chart Your Course

Leadership is About Training and Development — As the stern of the Titanic lifted out of the water, the crew and passengers struggled with the lifeboats. Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton identified and met a need while other retailers did not. They are not leaders, but managers. So when disaster strikes, who is going to step up and lead?

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CMI Highlights – 6 December

Chartered Management Institute

Making work secure CMI recently partnered with the Work Foundation to publish a new study exploring the role of managers in sectors where work is often precarious, such as hospitality, retail and agriculture. It finds that almost half of insecure workers couldn’t pay an unexpected bill of £300 if due within seven days.

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6 Ways Green Businesses Make a Difference

Women on Business

Those who identify as green businesses, either through outside certification or through ongoing self-assessment and reporting, are proud to share their progress with the green sub-segment of the retail marketplace. 3) Focusing the conversation. 3) Focusing the conversation. It always sparks an interesting conversation.

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The Service/Quality Journey and Organization Development Crossroads

The Practical Leader

Next week we’re publishing the August issue of The Leader Letter putting all of my July blog posts in one newsletter. During our road trip we experienced a wide range of service/quality levels at inns and hotels, restaurants, ferries, tourist/info centers, and retailers.

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Health, Wellness, and a Giveaway to WomenonBusiness Readers

Women on Business

This online retailer offers everything from bedroom furniture, luggage, shoes and bags, home and garden accessories, and also living room and dining furniture, like this chest of drawers. Flores, web developer at 10K Webdesign, see her bio for Women on Business or visit her website [link]. Follow her on Twitter as @monicadear.

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Fashion Friends Make a Fresh Start :: Women on Business

Women on Business

An answer to this was anything but obvious, and I struggled to find one shortly after my friend Katie and I were laid off from what were supposed to be dream jobs with an online shoe retailer. We knew that choosing the latter entailed taking, quite probably, the greatest risk in the face of an unstable economy; yet, in the end, we did anyway.

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CMI Highlights

Chartered Management Institute

As the importance of open and honest leadership continues to dominate the media spotlight, I find myself reflecting on how vital relationships are to building a positive working environment, and how important it is for all managers and leaders to develop this skill. Informed by these insights, we’ve made some changes to your CMI newsletter.

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