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8 Business-Travel Tips

Marshall Goldsmith

While some components of air travel have gotten worse, others have improved. In my thirty years of being a "road warrior", I have only missed on client meeting because of travel issues (a blizzard in Chicago). In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. You don't have to eat it.

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Competitive Advantage from the Bottom of the Pyramid

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Prahalad , the brilliant management guru. Instead, Prahalad introduces a new framework, the 4 As – Awareness, Access, Affordability and Availability. The services are provided via agents with wireless tablets who travel to remote regions in mobile vans. Strategy bottom of the pyramid prahalad strategy'

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Demonstrating the Entrepreneurial Spirit

Marshall Goldsmith

One commented that "he travels through life, constantly observing. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. He is the founder of GMR Infrastructure, which is now a large infrastructure company in India. He doesn't just observe - he acts! Life is good.

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Measuring Up On the Job - and On the Homefront

Marshall Goldsmith

Causing My Daughter Pain "Daddy," she said, "you travel a lot, but that is not what bothers me. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. So I asked my daughter, Kelly, "what can I do to be a better parent?" This is a question that we, as parents, don't ask enough.) Life is good.

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To Profit from Doing Good, Start Small

Harvard Business Review

Can you reduce business and commuter travel, or make it more efficient? Prahalad called the bottom of the pyramid. Are you recycling as much as possible? Bring your team together to identify ways that you can operate with greater sustainability and then set stretch targets. Encourage your people to get engaged with what C.K.

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Setting Strategy in Egypt's (and Other) Shifting Sands: A Four-Part Approach

Harvard Business Review

Thomas Cook Group, the tour operator, indicated that the cost of the Egyptian and Tunisian uprisings would be on the order of $32 million and Tui Travel has warned it could lose up to 30 million pounds. Prahalad noted several years ago, multinationals can both serve a key market and make profits by serving the "bottom of the pyramid."