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Time For Women to Compete

Women on Business

Seventy years have passed since women left the confines of being homemakers and joined the work force en mass. Today, in 2012, there are only 12 Fortune 500 companies are led by women CEO’s. Out of fifteen industry categories women scored better than men in twelve.

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5 Key Lessons From Learning Organizations

QAspire

They create teams and structures where people are driven (and sometimes forced) to work harder when problems occur. Dissatisfied customers, unhappy team members, disengaged middle management and difficulties in scaling the business. You can form small focus group from your current team and improve in small iterations.

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Four Types of Meetings that Lead to Effective Organizations

CO2

Planning meetings (both short- and long-term) fall under the category of decision-making meetings. After information has been shared (or even while it’s being shared), the group or team should engage in breakout discussions (or by electronically registering their responses in real-time). Motivational Meetings.

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The Boundaries Around Your Industry Are About to Change

Harvard Business Review

It will change the category you compete in, the products and services you sell, and how you market them, and even the talent you acquire. Of course, that means that a medical device company that’s used to focusing on procurement groups who bought their devices en masse is now focused on the actual end users of their devices.

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The Boundaries Around Your Industry Are About to Change

Harvard Business Review

It will change the category you compete in, the products and services you sell, and how you market them, and even the talent you acquire. Of course, that means that a medical device company that’s used to focusing on procurement groups who bought their devices en masse is now focused on the actual end users of their devices.

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The Curious Case of Summer’s Hottest Food Item: The Pretzel Roll

Harvard Business Review

Tim Ettus, the director of operations at Sparks & Honey , a data-driven advertising newsroom that helps synchronize brands with culture, points out that food indulgences, complexity, and hybrids are currently en vogue, what with the cronut and other European pastry-like items becoming popular.