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What Is Blue Ocean Strategy?

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Kim and Mauborgne published their ideas in their 2004 book, Blue Ocean Strategy. Since then, their ideas have become an industry of their own, with books, websites, courses and numerous studies dedicated to the theory. The first to pave the way for others does not necessarily reach their goal. Photo by Jacob Lund/Shutterstock.

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

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Of course, whether your friends live across the street or across the country, building and keeping close relationships takes time and effort—things it seems we have too little of these days. Set personal relationship goals and give them a high priority in your life. That number was only amplified with the effects of 2020.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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With a passion for “building the green, clean, knowledge-rich future,” she founded her company, Ethical Markets Media LLC , in 2004, when she was 72. “I Being a parent benefits women in business Raising a family is a long-term goal for many women , including Sarah Lacy, the founder and CEO of ChairmanMe.

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Go Straight for the Joy and Follow Your Purpose

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In 2004 I was enjoying the highest-paying, most respectable job I had ever worked. Over the course of the next few months, I waited to find out if I needed surgery. The goal is to get in touch with whatever is making our current situation feel too constricting or just plain wrong. Unless, of course, there’s a bear in the room.

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Five Ways to Respond to Social Media Challenges and Criticism

Andrea Kalli

Over the course of just three years, once powerful newspapers were reduced to specks on their former image, and social media services took over as the most frequent and powerful platform for internet users to find out just what was going on. Challenges were issues within registered guidelines and by established PR representatives.

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Discover the Formula for Happy Employees

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Clearly communicate your company’s reason for being and its cultural goals. Nelson explains that a 2004 Labor Department study really drove home a critical issue she had observed in her practice. Achor was a teaching assistant for Harvard’s positive psychology course, taught by his mentor, Tal Ben-Shahar, Ph.D. Nurture civility.

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Inside the Edinburgh PA Network

Practically Perfect PA

After I moved to Edinburgh in 2004, I’ve worked in a series of roles which have all involved executive support at senior level. To never doubt my ability and stay focused on my goals. This means we have to keep on top of things all the time, we have a Trello Board, a Whatsapp group and of course email to keep in touch.