Women on Business

MAY 24, 2012

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. Winning has to be important enough.

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QAspire

JANUARY 9, 2011

They create teams and structures where people are driven (and sometimes forced) to work harder when problems occur. When problems occur, they first correct it but then, give a careful thought to how it can be prevented. Improvement may not always be expensive. How organizations deal with them makes all the difference.

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CO2

JANUARY 10, 2014

The quality of an organization’s meetings often suggests the quality of the organization’s overall work. If you want to solve a problem or come to a decision, meeting participants should arrive informed about the decision/problem, how the decision will be made, and what their role is in the process.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2017

Our products work with apps or without apps. There are some useful lessons here for other manufacturers, especially those who haven’t yet “connected” and might be concerned they’ve missed the boat. My advice: You might be better off where you are for now. “Billions of Devices” Can Be Wrong.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Earlier this month, I asked a simple question about an apparent change in the social contract at work: Do employers care if their employees are paid so little that they require government assistance to get enough to eat? government has determined that the roughly 10 million working poor are paid too little to make it without government help.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

To help business travelers avoid such scrapes, I’ve drawn on my own experiences as well as the advice of several experts – frequent flyers like consultants, salespeople, and diplomats. Might as well show up at 4:30 AM. You may even be able to get where you’re going a little earlier. Always check your layover.

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