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Resilience Stories: After Her Father Was Deported, She Bought and Expanded His New Jersey Restaurant

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Morales was released after 17 days, given a second chance through the DACA policy ( Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ) as well as a green card petition filed by her mother, who gained legal status in 2004 after marrying a U.S. Her father was deported to Peru three months later. I was terribly naïve at the time,” she says. “I

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The Magic of Intrapreneurship Within Organizations

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In a letter to would-be shareholders in 2004, the co-founders noted that the habit “empowers [employees] to be more creative and innovative,” and that many significant advances happened during that allocated time. Max Heineman, the CEO and co-founder of video production company Toldright, adopted that mentality for his organization.

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Discover the Formula for Happy Employees

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There is mounting evidence that keeping employees happy leads to increased productivity and profitability. Nelson explains that a 2004 Labor Department study really drove home a critical issue she had observed in her practice. Don’t micromanage every move in the house. Look people in the eye. Mean what you say, and vice versa.

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

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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. Not only did the PWD task force ensure compliance, they “established a worldwide accessibility project office” in 2002 to ensure all products and services were made accessible.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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A 2020 study by WerkLabs that looked at the effect of having colleagues who are also mothers found that “[two out of three] female employees with mom managers agree that their manager enhances overall team productivity” and 81% of mom managers “are rated favorably for encouraging collaboration among teams.” I have a lot of fun,” she said. “We

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What's the status of one-way communication?

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