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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

GM market share fell from 62.6% to 17.9%, from 1980 to 2015. CEOs focus on data, facts, figures, and metrics. Do you want to benchmark your career with the habits of extraordinarily successful people? A finance executive said this of the decades-old corporate attitude, “We are GM. We know everything.

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Wearable Technology in Healthcare

Tom Spencer

Based on a recent study by Global Industry Analysts , the global market for wearable medical devices is projected to eclipse $4.5 1 In the United States, the predominant market in this space, it is estimated that roughly 20% of Americans currently own a wearable fitness device. billion by 2020. Potential Benefits.

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B2B Salespeople Need to Act More Like Travel Agents

Harvard Business

According to the travel and leisure marketing firm MMGY, the use of travel agents increased by 50% from 2014 to 2015. Here are examples of how firms in three industries are simplifying the purchase process, and the specific tactics they are using: An employee wellness benefits provider uses content marketing.

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China's Iron Ore Inventories Post Biggest Decline in Two Years; Yuan Observation; Pro-Cyclical Stupidity

MishTalk

Iron ore inventories at ports in China fell below 100 million metric tons for the first time since February as the holdings in the world’s largest buyer dropped for a seventh week to post the longest run of declines in two years. China''s iron ore inventories have plunged like a rock as has the price of iron ore itself. a tonne, down 1.9

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Private Equity’s New Phase

Harvard Business

From 1996 to 2015, the number of publicly traded companies in the United States alone dropped nearly 50%. These “buy, fix, manage, and then sell” PE firms were essentially umbrella holding companies while the acquired firms would become better managed before returning to the public market. Large private equity firms (e.g.,

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