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Glamorous Celebrity Deaths and Minimal Taxes in 2010 :: Women on.

Women on Business

Salinger, famous for “Catcher in the Rye” passed away this year, as did the talented fashion designer Alexander McQueen. Houston energy magnate Dan Duncan who died earlier this year had an estimated net worth of $9 billion, and television industry mogul John Kluge died with a $6.5 The brilliant writer, J.D. billion estate.

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Still holding on to “life's leg warmers?” What would Jane Fonda.

Women on Business

It’s how you achieve those goals that matters most in terms of time, expense and energy. Then, look for venues in which you can expand your circle with connections that complement your professional life in the same fashion. You don’t need more than three to five goals to stay on track and move your business to the next level.

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Leading Those Who Don't Want To Follow | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position. By actually seeking out areas of potential conflict and proactively intervening in a well reasoned and decisive fashion you will likely prevent certain conflicts from ever arising.

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Investors Today Prefer Companies with Fewer Physical Assets

Harvard Business Review

And equipment must be maintained in a world that is becoming virtual and augmented by technology (VR and AR). The traditional asset-heavy corporations that used to be at the top of everybody’s most-admired lists are starting to look old-fashioned, slow-moving, and inflexible — particularly to investors.

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What Your Boss Really Wants from You

Harvard Business Review

I am fortunate enough to work with these people all the time across a span of industries and professions: finance, health care, education, energy, technology. Your boss wants you to be: Relentlessly focused on making your numbers and completing projects or initiatives in a timely, responsible fashion.

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Is the Next Karl Marx a Management Consultant?

Harvard Business Review

This ideology, Fukuyama goes on: could not begin with a denunciation of capitalism as such, as if old-fashioned socialism were still a viable alternative. But they do have energy, optimism, and something of the utopian spirit that's at the heart of most successful social movements. Today some business gurus have a similar message.

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Africa's Chance to Leapfrog the West

Harvard Business Review

Technology and new concepts of living, as well as progressive notions of urbanization, industrial capitalism, consumerism, ecotourism, and renewable systems, could meld to fashion a new shared-growth paradigm. The technology systems that undergird this effort are far-flung.