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The Leadership Gene

Success

It was the summer of 2001. This article was published in November 2012 and has been updated. It turns out, I was 20 minutes early. I killed time by buying coffee and a magazine, and I went in to see the receptionist. I could just sit and relax and read and wait. This was going to be a big account for me, if I got the job.

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Forecast Lessons from Past Small Business Trends Lists

Small Business Labs

Last week we released our Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2012 list.    I think the first "year of RFID" I remember is 2001.  Here we are about 10 years later and 2012 is being declared to be yet another "year of NFC."    What changes is the stage a trend is at.

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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

Quick fix : Avoid using the numerical date reference, opting instead for a spelled-out month: December 10, 2012, or 12 October, 2012. She was previously at Intel from 1995 through 2001. If you see a date given as ‘12/10/12,’ there are at least three dates that could possibly mean.”. states or nations. Pamela has been a Sr.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

Success

A 2012 study conducted by Yale researchers revealed that even science professors—male and female—evaluate the information on a résumé more harshly when the applicant is a woman. “So if I start a company with two guys from Harvard and one guy from Yale, I will want to hire guys who went to Ivys because that feels less risky to me.”

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

Success

A Sudanese woman, Alik, who was pregnant and had two young children in tow, arrived in Fort Worth, Texas, without her husband, Dyan, in 2012. In 2001 Mary Parry was homeless and living in a tent in Pennsylvania when she began befriending hikers along the roughly 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail. People Restoring Faith in Humanity.

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