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Organizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs

Kates Kesler

We recently completed a study for the CEO of a very well known, global sports-apparel brand company. Our sports-apparel CEO had the right idea in challenging his team to think about the organization and ask: are we fit for growth, given our strategies going forward? Learning from Big Companies.

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Another Round-Trip in Crude; Search for Inflation; Another Bout of Asset Deflation Hell Coming Up

MishTalk

Recall the hyperinflation talk in June of 2008 when crude hit $147? Another major component showing upward pressure in July is apparel which rose 0.3 Mike "Mish" Shedlock Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Crude prices are back to where they were in 2004.

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Think About Any Risk Like an Investor

Harvard Business

As an investor, I think about financial risk a lot, and I’ve become interested in using the tools of the investor’s trade in managing the large and small risks we face regularly. Sara Campbell, a talented dress designer, sold the majority of her apparel as a private label supplier to national chains. Right-timing.

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The 3 Essential Jobs That Most Retention Programs Ignore

Harvard Business

For example, in 2009 professors Brian Becker, Mark Huselid, and Richard Beatty estimated that in most companies less than 15% of jobs are what they call strategic positions and said management should focus “disproportionate investments” on finding A players for those jobs. Connectors in the middle. High-potential future leaders.

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