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Embrace the New Norm by Listening to Your Employees

Leading Blog

Organizations that continue to ignore/resist this shift and try to force old processes are setting themselves up for failure. Our nation’s workforce is undergoing a major transformation in attitude and priorities. What motivated someone 5 years ago - even two or three years ago - is not the same thing that motivates that same person today.

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Why Complexity Sucks

In the CEO Afterlife

It starts with the corporate strategy, and includes marketing strategy, and the all-important human resource strategy. Unlike PepsiCo , Coca-Cola’s corporate strategy is to resist diversification and focus on non-alcoholic beverages. Doing less, better can work throughout an organization.

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9 Time Saving Tips from a Social Networking Junkie

Chartered Management Institute

As a self confessed ‘girl geek’, when Social Media Networking came along, I couldn’t resist getting involved. What do a former arctic trawlerman, a former human resource manager in the gas industry, CMI member Emma Grant, and a book about Twitter have in common?

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The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!  That said, how could I resist featuring this post by Ajaero on the Young Entrepreneur blog where he highlights seven traits common to highly successful salespeople. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S.

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Business Leadership Expertise: Give a Gift of Honoring :: Women on.

Women on Business

At first I sulked and resisted; that’s the drama queen in me. For me it was a first grade teacher who challenged me to take an art project some “annoying boy” in my class had scribbled on and find a way to make it work. Yet, my teacher persisted and encouraged me to find a way to make “lemonade out of lemons”.

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Pursuing Entrepreneurial Companies: Grad Advice | In the CEO.

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • April 11, 2011 • Human Resources , Strategy • 0 Comments. To ‘entrepreneurs in waiting’ who want to begin their careers in a corporation, I suggest the following: 1. Beware the entrepreneur. Donald Trump is an entrepreneur. Don’t overlook the entrepreneurs, but proceed with caution.

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Corporate Entrepreneurship: Turn Irony into Opportunity

In the CEO Afterlife

Your students would be better served by a high-tech entrepreneur half my age,” I told him. They’ve already heard from entrepreneurs,” he said. “I Beware the entrepreneur. Don’t resist starting in the sales department. I was honored to have been asked, but not sure I was the right person for the task. Does it inspire?