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Top 25 Companies for Work-Life Balance in 2012

Women on Business

Agilent Technologies. The 2012 list was compiled from employee feedback gathered throughout the past year. The top 25 companies according to this report are: MITRE. North Highland. SAS Institute. CareerBuilder. National Instruments. United Space Alliance. Susquehanna International Group (SIG). Slalom Consulting. Discover.

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Fiona Dawson: “My imperative is around breaking down barriers for people”

Chartered Management Institute

When describing her own management style, Fiona gives credit to Grant Reied, her most recent CEO at Mars, who pushed her to take on tasks she feared she wasn’t capable of. “He On demystifying technology Interview At CMI, we’re hugely privileged to have contributed to many people’s management and leadership journeys.

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The Brands That Make Customers Feel Respected

Harvard Business Review

CQ tries to assess what draws customers to certain brands, like REI, Wegmans, Dove, and Marriott. Take REI, for example. Last year REI announced it was closing all its stores on Black Friday to encourage employees and consumers to spend the day outdoors with their families and friends. increase in revenue, to $2.4

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Craft an Attention-Grabbing Message

Harvard Business Review

And venture capitalist John Doerr, who has invested in green technology, likes to say, "We can bail out the economy — we cannot bail out the environment." In a TV commercial for outdoor gear maker REI, we see the backs of two women who are sitting atop a peak, taking in the scenery at night, when the announcer intones, "October 28th.

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Using Facebook to Capture Customers

Harvard Business Review

Last year REI drove traffic to its stores by offering $1 donations to charity for every check-in, with a ceiling of $100,000. David Dorf is the Senior Director of Technology Strategy at Oracle Retail. American Eagle has offered 20% discounts to customers who check into its stores.

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Big-Box Retailers Have Two Options If They Want to Survive

Harvard Business Review

The use of technology by leading companies from Apple to Uber to personalize their offerings have raised people’s expectations. Outdoor retailer REI goes even further by holding events, classes, and service projects to engage with the local communities around its stores. Personalization is expected.

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What It Might Mean If We All Work From Home

The Horizons Tracker

Earlier this year I wrote about the 5th edition of the Technology at Work report from Oxford University and Citi, which found that over half of the U.S. Companies like Google have already said that their employees will be working from home into the summer of 2021, with other technology companies following suit.

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