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The Nuts & Bolts of the One-Page Strategic Plan

LDRLB

By its very nature, the 1-pager doesn’t give you much real estate to work with, even with a small font. Low-cost producers watch their costs, productivity, sales/profit per employee and overall employment. Some firms track new product launches, some measure employee engagement. Measure it.

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When Your Boss Has an Angry Outburst, What Do They Do Next?

Harvard Business Review

At best, such experiences can be frustrating and demotivating ; at worst, they can lead to reduced productivity or even to someone deciding to quit. In the first study, 31 leaders and 72 direct reports from a real estate organization completed a survey at the end of each workday for 10 days.

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Three Ways to Say No to a Reference Request

Harvard Business Review

Christopher, a seasoned real estate executive, left his job in early 2013 to move to a competitor’s firm. The best references come from people who know you, your character, and your work product extremely well. I’d encourage you to reach out to someone who knows your work style/product/ethic better.

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What Inexperienced Leaders Get Wrong (Hint: Management)

Harvard Business Review

Not just those under attack for ethical lapses, accounting problems, or excessive compensation – retired college presidents are the latest to join corporate executives in the latter category. There are an awful lot of leaders in trouble these days. The trouble I’m referring to is getting new ideas implemented and brought to scale.

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Before You Open a Business…

Leading Blog

To this day, I get excited about seeing Subaru’s new products and learning about the engineering that went into making them. His achievements in building profitable and ethical companies have been featured in a variety of national media including USA Today, Automotive News, Entrepreneur Magazine , and Globe.

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StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – America: Are Entrepreneurs the Bad Guys?

Strategy Driven

A product of a single parent household and the New York City public school system, I have worked very hard for what I have, and today own one of the 25 largest U.S. The work ethic has shifted to people who can understand and appreciate hard work, a sensibility that is lost today on many of America’s emerging workforce.

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Winners of the Unstuck Contest

CO2

I took a job at a mechanics shop and because of my military work ethic, I worked myself out of a job. The supervisors were happy with my production, and there’s always work to do. As a real estate sales person, poverty and divorce was not enough to motivate me to go out and sell houses. 38 # Votes. 38 # Votes.