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The Importance of Perspective

CaseInterview.com

It’s an insight that I shared with a few thousand CEOs during the 2008 to 2009 Great Recession. Here’s what I said: The problem is your definitional concept of the word “competitor.” The old way of thinking: “We are better than our competitors, so we should be winning sales.”. Insights are simply bite-size chunks of perspective.

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The Importance of Perspective

CaseInterview.com

It’s an insight that I shared with a few thousand CEOs during the 2008 to 2009 Great Recession. Here’s what I said: The problem is your definitional concept of the word “competitor.” The old way of thinking: “We are better than our competitors, so we should be winning sales.”. Insights are simply bite-size chunks of perspective.

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Business Book Review: Start-Up Nation

Management Consulted

In fact, in 2007-2008, Israel received the highest amount of venture funding per capita, which is more than any other nation in the world. In 2008, per capita venture capital investments in Israel were 2.5 The firm’s leadership set up a meeting with eBay, who thought they were the market leaders in terms of fraud detection.

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Does Effective Leadership Really Matter?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Given the lack of a standard definition for leadership and seemingly contradictory evidence, it is no surprise you may feel skeptical. A controlled study involving leaders across different markets found a positive correlation between the leader's effectiveness and employee retention, sales, margin, labor costs, and net profit.

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Scranton Needs 117% Property Tax Hike to Balance Budget

MishTalk

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. The citys definitely going to need help," Mr. Joyce said. It may be viewed by some as kicking the can down the road, but it may prove to the state that we need a (countywide) sales tax.".

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My Struggles with Suicide

CaseInterview.com

My strongest and earliest memory of depression and suicidal thoughts occurred in the two years leading up to 2008. In early 2008, it became beyond obvious that the math on the mortgage no longer worked. All of my prospective clients decided not to buy anything for the upcoming year, and my future pipelines of sales declined by 100%.

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Municipal Bonds an "Outrageous Bargain"? Compared to What?

MishTalk

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Shifting Sands of Muni Bond Market; Three Bad Assumptions. This is an idiosyncratic market of $3.8 The Muni Markets Shifting Sands. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts. Featured Links.