Success

MARCH 8, 2023

The National Women’s Business Council found that the top five industries (“healthcare and social assistance; professional, scientific and technical services; retail trade; and administrative and support and waste management and remediation services”) made up 66.2% of women-owned businesses. I have a lot of fun,” she said. “We

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Allwork

JUNE 12, 2023

The three letters were first used in a 2004 report commissioned by the United Nations called Who Cares Wins, which promoted ethical investment and subsequently spawned a huge and growing industry in defining and supporting its aims, along with a mind-boggling swarm of acronyms that would be a challenge to list, let alone remember.

Agencies 130

Agencies 2004 Promotion Confidence 130

Success

JULY 17, 2021

Wagner’s circle of confidants is larger than most. Researchers found the mean number of confidants had declined by almost one person—or from 2.94 between 1985 and 2004. People are complex, and relating to them one-on-one can sometimes appear harder than managing a business deal or even speaking to a large crowd.

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Confidence 2004 Networking Negotiating 246

Workplace Insight

JANUARY 17, 2023

They possess mindsets – six counter-conventional, break-the-rules mindsets – that enable them to think and act in ways that fly in the face of what we teach in business schools and how we think managers should run a successful business. It was January 2004. Switch your knitting. Take Amazon’s launch of the Kindle , for example.

Goals 52

Goals 2003 2004 Confidence 52

On The Job

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Then think about how you would like a potential employer to drag up something you said on Facebook in 2004 and hold you accountable for it. I know one manager who is in his 40s, and he often spends much of his time solving interpersonal disputes among his warehouse workers. Wearing your overwork like a hair shirt.

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2017 Social Media 2004 2007 100

Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 18, 2016

Sherien Ahmed @sherienSA , PA to Senior Management Team, Venture Trust. Sally Lloyd @salidatious Assstant to Managing Director, CodeBase. After I moved to Edinburgh in 2004, I’ve worked in a series of roles which have all involved executive support at senior level. The main challenge these days is still lack of confidence.

Networking 100

Networking Social Media Confidence 2015 100

On The Job

JULY 20, 2009

Having just the opposite experience was Jan Melnick , who said she found her online classes from 2004 to 2007 were a perfect fit for her busy lifestyle as a businesswoman and mother of three. “It There’s a real confidence that comes from getting that degree.” Do Bad Managers Make Us Perform Better? Need a Shove?

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