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Legendary Leadership Lessons from Ten Great Leaders

Rick Conlow

For her senior thesis she designed the idea of a national service organization like Peace Corps. She envisioned college graduates teaching in underserved areas and named her thesis, “A Plan and Argument for the Creation of a National Teacher Corps.” Her belief was, “People are everything in education, just as in the corporate world.”

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Is Gathering Real Time "Inflation" Data With Smart Phones a "Game Changer"?

MishTalk

Premise Data Corp, a startup firm backed by Google, has deployed 700 smartphone-equipped workers across 25 cities to capture images of products as their prices change daily. In 2010 it led to PriceStats, which distributes inflation gauges through the financial-services firm State Street Corp. STT -0.36% to about 7,500 clients.

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Sanctions Starting to Bite the Hands That Promoted Them

MishTalk

I can’t exclude any nasty surprises in the region due to political decisions or developments,” said Erste chief executive Andreas Treichl. “If and fruit from Europe and is investigating McDonald’s Corp. Erste Group, the third-largest lender in emerging Europe, warned the turmoil could impact banks in eastern Europe. “I

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Overseas Business Expansion: The Promise and the Pitfalls

Tom Spencer

However, while expanding overseas may not sound any more complicated than adding additional cities to your network, there are many cultural, political and economic factors to consider when expanding internationally. Sometimes even the best-laid plans can go awry because of some oversight or cultural ignorance.

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How to Steer Clear of Office Gossip

Harvard Business

Office Politics. Having the general come across as priggish or holier-than-thou is no way to build esprit de corps. Engaging in it (enjoyable though it may be) is a pretty effortless way to set a dubious example, diminish your managerial stature, and likely lose respect. You and Your Team Series. Make Your Enemies Your Allies.

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The Dark Side of Resilience

Harvard Business

” In a similar vein, the United States Marine Corps uses the “pain is just weakness leaving the body” mantra as part of their hardcore training program. But could too much resilience be a bad thing, just like too much muscle mass can be a bad thing — i.e., putting a strain on the heart?

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Best IT Development Podcasts 2019 for consultants

QEmploy

The podcast which is part of Information Security Media Group, Corp. Technology, Open Source, Politics, Music and more. An all-encompassing show, Linux Unplugged delves within a great range of topics, from open source and privacy to news and politics. Data Breach Today. The Doppler Cloud Computing. Linux Unplugged.