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Apprenticeship Levy flexibility and productivity

Chartered Management Institute

This focus on short-term challenges neglects the development of essential management and leadership skills. Large online retailer This large online retailer currently has 50 management and leadership apprentices at level 5 and 60 at level 6. They have a handful at level 3, but historically tended to have more at this level.

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Practicing Patience and Faith

Persuasive Powerhouse

On Sunday, I took 75 pictures; because of a light wind and the sun’s travels across the sky, perhaps five of those were true &# keepers&#. I work for a telecommunications company and occasionally I’m in the field dressing fiber optic cable in cabinet. It comes from the work my clients do. They are amazing.

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Boards Aren’t as Global as Their Businesses

Harvard Business Review

Neither Utilities nor Telecommunications are represented in the chart below because all but a few companies in those sectors have no non-domestic revenue. Time zone differences and travel schedules complicate the process of communicating, via phone or in person, causing boards to either consciously or unconsciously shy away from globalizing.

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The Right CEO Personality for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

A recent Fortune article on John Reed, the former co-CEO of Citigroup, reported that a decade ago he tried to convince the newly formed Citigroup board (the result of the $70 billion merger of Citicorp and Travelers Group in 1998) to bring in a new CEO and that both he and Travelers CEO Sandy Weill should leave. We all have.

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Executives and Salespeople Are Misaligned — and the Effects Are Costly

Harvard Business Review

But good planning and proper leadership support can help. Here is what the leadership team did: They linked strategy to behaviors. This is often difficult because multiple stakeholders across functions must invest in a new approach while still meeting their own obligations to keep the current business running.

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Cisco's Flip Flop and (Mis)Managing the Obvious

Harvard Business Review

Cisco's leadership is very smart and Wi-Fi is part of the firm's core competence. The company knew digital devices were all becoming telecommunications tools. But I'm completely comfortable asserting that Cisco should and did. More important, the firm had clear line-of-sight into its competitors' offerings. This was obvious.

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Why the TSA Screening Revolt is Like Poison Ivy

Harvard Business Review

This should remind us that if the proposed TSA boycott reduces air travel by only a fraction of a percent, it offers a golden opportunity to kill and maim thousands more on our nations highways. The tragedy here is that, as with poison ivy and the immune system, there really is no one to blame.