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Channel Your Inner Cat to Survive in Business

On The Job

The statistics paint a bleak picture: From 2001-2011, only about 10% of companies actually met their growth targets, Bain & Co. Sherman, executive in residence and adjunct professor of marketing and management at the Columbia Business School, also has worked as an Accenture senior partner and J.D.

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Is the U.S. Becoming Less Entrepreneurial?

Small Business Labs

.  Using contingent labor has gotten easier and more effective due to the growth of online talent exchanges such as Elance and oDesk, improvements in collaborative technologies for managing non-employees and growing numbers independent workers available for hire.   2. .

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3 Steps for Successful Business Growth

Office Organization Success

Having been running my own online solo service business since November 2001, and working with many clients over the years (from start-up businesses to multiple six and seven-figure businesses), I have discovered that there is a very specific 3-step process to running a successful, long-term business. . Contact Management.

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Thursday Morning & 20 Years of Celebrating You & Your Profession!

Office Dynamics

Skipping to 2001, the conference centered on Don’t Gamble on Leading Your Team: Help Your Organization Maintain a Competitive Edge in the New Economy and was hosted in Las Vegas, NV. And yes, this was the year that Hurricane Floyd stared them straight in the eye! The conference emphasis was on thriving during the economic slowdown.

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10 E-mail Etiquette Pet Peeves and How to Handle Them

Office Dynamics

According to a 2011 study by IBM Research, more than 2.8 The “oops” factor: Avoid forwarding the “sour grapes” email to your manager or the sender’s manager. Unless it’s a really out-of-line response, neither manager has time to deal with a writer’s occasional moodiness. She was previously at Intel from 1995 through 2001.

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