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Interns to the Rescue! :: Women on Business

Women on Business

By Susan Gunelius Guest post by Abby Marks Beale (learn more about Abby at the end of this post) As a solo entrepreneur, I have learned to spend my time on those things I major in (activities I am good at and like to do) while parceling out the things I minor in (tasks I am not good at or don’t enjoy) to those who have the expertise (and interest!).

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Can Leaders Take a Break? :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Categories : Books for Businesswomen , Female Entrepreneurs , Female Executives , business development Contact Sylvia Lafair, author of Dont Bring It To Work: Breaking the Family Patterns that Limit Success at sylvia@ceoptions.com. Female leaders need to recognize that taking time off is part and parcel of taking proper care of themselves.

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6 Ways to Keep Good Ideas from Dying at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

What would new product development executives or project managers in the R&D lab tell you are the organizational dynamics that ice their best ideas? Executives may be playing favorites with one way to approach a particular opportunity, or it may be hard to envision how a tiny customer base can get big. Start with a survey.

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For U.S. Employers, Health Care Reform Is a Watching and Waiting Game

Harvard Business Review

The administration also needs time to work on the reporting requirements that will be part and parcel of making the system work. HR executives are finding health care planning to be as high on their list of priorities as talent management. Can we really do that in this environment?". Can we really do that in this environment?".

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Workforce Analytics Isn't as Scary as It Sounds

Harvard Business Review

Yet, when it comes to the workforce — one of a company's most expensive and valuable assets — too many executives rely on hunches, making decisions without making use of relevant data. ready to weigh and measure any parcel of human nature, and tell you what it comes to." Take Thomas Gradgrind in Hard Times.

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

When I ask my executive students this question, most of them answer in the fours and fives. On average, my executive students answer this question in the twos and threes. That’s fine if an executive is looking to move elsewhere, as some of my participants were. My guess is that your second number is lower than your first.

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