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You're One Step From The C-Suite: How To Make The Jump.

Rich Gee Group

Participate in cross-departmental projects to gain insights into areas outside your expertise. Action: Attend industry conferences, join professional associations, and actively participate in business forums. Tangible achievements in driving revenue, improving efficiency, or innovating processes are critical.

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Privately Educated People Much More Likely To Vote Conservative

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers tracked nearly 7,000 people who were each born in 1970 over a number of decades to see whether those educated privately had different voting behaviors in the elections between 1997 and 2010 than those educated in state schools. Within this sample, a mere 3.0% (3.3% Furthermore, 6.2% (6.8%

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Research Reveals That Apprenticeships Offer A Bright Future To Participants

The Horizons Tracker

This has resulted in the most expensive form of education society currently has on offer being elevated above alternative routes, such as apprenticeships or so-called “STARS”, which are people who are skilled through alternative routes. “Today, for instance, most administrative assistants have a college or two-year degree.”

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The Wicked Problem Covid Caused To The Education Sector

The Horizons Tracker

The Covid pandemic caused well-documented problems across the education sector, with research from the University of Maine regarding the challenge as a “wicked” one. This forced many participants to adapt in order to sustain their productivity in the face of the restrictions imposed during the pandemic.

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Innovating Higher-Education

Mills Scofield

MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses) are a very hot topic in higher education and corporate training. We are in a new age of education, and just leave it our students to make sure they are front and center! He finished his undergraduate education in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science at Brown University in 2012.

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Education and Corporations – A New Partnership

Lead Change Blog

Unfortunately, it appears educational institutions are lagging behind. Moreover, when 3,000 corporate leaders from 25 countries were surveyed as part of General Electric’s Global Innovation Barometer , their top concern was “a need to better align the education system with business needs.” A win for the cities. More jobs growth.

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Finding Executive Education Courses that Provide Networking Opportunities

Great Leadership By Dan

By Richard Moy Reprinted with permission If you are searching for an executive-education course that will foster networking opportunities in addition to the actionable knowledge you are seeking to build, ask yourself these three questions as you sort through all your options. Is there professional diversity among participants?

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