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How Women Are Rising in Business

Success

The women surveyed in Guidant’s “ 2023 Small Business Trends ” report were primarily motivated to become entrepreneurs due to being “ready to be their own boss” (28%) and “[dissatisfied] with corporate America” (23%), with only 13% seeking to pursue their passions. I have a lot of fun,” she said. “We

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Too Busy for Relationships? 5 Ways to Make Time for Connection

Success

70% of parents surveyed said they do not spend enough time with their children. The number of people who say they have no one with whom to discuss important matters has more than doubled between 1985 and 2004, according to a 2006 study by researchers at Duke University and the University of Arizona.

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Go Straight for the Joy and Follow Your Purpose

Success

In 2004 I was enjoying the highest-paying, most respectable job I had ever worked. The goal is to get in touch with whatever is making our current situation feel too constricting or just plain wrong. Survey your scores. Everything from the title on my business card to the location of the building fed my notion of success.

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On the needles October 2008

Loosely Speaking

Surveying the mounting pile of yarn and tools and patterns on my living room floor, I realized I needed to regain some control, and stop flitting back and forth between all of those projects. RSS Comments RSS Subscribe in a reader Copyright 2004. Loose Ends. All Rights Reserved.

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

Success

But he made diversity in the workplace a strategic initiative , laid down goals and linked those goals to manager pay. Thomas and Ayesha Kanji for Harvard Business School in 2004, Childs, as vice president of workforce diversity, executed a plan that created eight task forces. Krzanich didn’t pretend to have a can’t-miss plan.

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Insurer Puts Integrity in its Name and Appreciation at its Core

Energage

In 2006, company President and CEO Bob Ritchie created American Integrity Insurance after the 2004 multiple hurricane season significantly reduced the number of sound homeowners insurance options in Florida. Goodman said, “We not only hit the sales goal, we exceeded the sales goal, and we threw a huge party in the office to celebrate.”

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Apprenticeships Are Making a Comeback—Here’s Why

Success

The term “apprentice” might conjure up images of blacksmiths training young teens in the “olden days,” or maybe former President Donald Trump on the 2004 premiere of the show by the same name. Of the 68 employers surveyed, 68% achieved a positive net return over five years.

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