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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. But for the ones willing to fight through such a tough environment, Leonard Sherman advises they channel their inner cat. Power and Associates managing partner. The market doesn’t stay still.

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Memories of the Office Age 

Workplace Insight

No author uses the built environment like J G Ballard. Gerry Taylor of Orangebox puts it rather well here. “We … need to remember that, while a comfortable family environment and a readily available space for focused work have eased the transition to home working for many of us, not everyone’s circumstances are as conducive to productivity.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

Success

LaToya Christian Managing Partner and Executive Director of Inclusive Strategy & Innovation, GroupM Christian is the executive director of inclusive strategy and innovation at GroupM in New York City. She started as a social worker who could barely pay her student loans, then became a coach as a side hustle. She is also a Ph.D.

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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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Could telecommuting be a career mistake?

On The Job

At the same time, this difficult job environment may mean that you have to work even harder and smarter if youre not in the office everyday. Grossbart says he believes that by constantly making sure others knew of his contributions to the company, he managed to avoid a layoff. Regular contacts with my manager. He kept his job.

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Millions of tons of plastic are trashed every year. But what if we used it to pave our roads?

Ideas.Ted

This article first appeared in Yale Environment 360. . In a developing nation, “it’s difficult to recycle plastic,” noted Heather Troutman, program manager of the Ghana National Plastic Action Partnership. India’s plastic road technology grew out of experimentation done in 2001 by R. That’s the first step,” she noted. “If

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The Assist Conference: So much to do so little time!

Practically Perfect PA

Rebecca is a PA and Office Manager at Adaptive Labs, an innovative start-up based in Shoreditch. Although she has a media background in journalism, Rebecca-Monique has had over 8 years of administrative experience covering office administration, HR, event coordination, project management, sales, and account management.

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