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Managing the very small business

Seth Godin Blog

Fellow travelers: This is a group of people with similar goals, approaches and perceptions. The good news is that it's possible to train people to see and to care. Industrialized employees: These are cogs in the system, people who want to be told what to do, who are hired and trained to obey. This group is led more than managed.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

You are trained on how to get into a CEO’s mindset within a lifetime of an engagement while being an outsider. “I am competitive in nature and always give the best in whatever I do and my passions include photography, travelling and embracing new cultures and languages. Very intellectual job – can I do it?

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You Can Be a Great Leader and Also Have a Life

Harvard Business

She formed a group of about two dozen men and women in senior management at law firms, public and financial service entities, small businesses, and Fortune 500 companies like Booz Allen Hamilton, Eli Lilly, Marriott, IBM, and Ford who wanted to challenge the notion that work-life balance is impossible for leaders.

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How Amazon Adapted Its Business Model to India

Harvard Business

To respond to these challenges, after launching its Indian website in 2013, Amazon developed a program to recruit an army of suppliers and convince them it was a trustworthy partner that could help them increase the market for their products. But Amazon also had to adapt delivery and fulfillment. In the U.S.,

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