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The First Billion-Dollar Success Story: How Carnegie Did It
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| He was a poor immigrant whose name would soon be unforgettable in his adopted country. America would never be able to repay the contribution this Scotsman would make to their homeland. By creating the world’s first billion-dollar company, and then proceeding to give most of his profits away, Carnegie cemented his legacy in history. How did this one time casualty of war go on to become one of the most memorable figures in the world? |
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Management Development - About Experiencing the Sharp End
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| As managers, it's easy to get busy doing the managing, quite understandably. Yet there's a lot to be gained from taking a little time where the real work gets done, where you team members are active - at the sharp end, where the action is. |
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Burnout or Boredom?
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| When your energy is depleted is it because you're burned out or simply bored? How can you tell? Read on. |
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Smarter Marketing in a Slow Economy
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| More often than not, when times get tough marketing gets the bullet. In some cases where there has been an incorrect allocation of resources within a company this may be justified. But in most cases it is a mistake. Sometimes a very costly one!
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Extreme Self Care
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| EXTREME is not a term usually connected to self-care. Self-care usually portrays a picture of gentleness, kindness, loving self or being nurturing. People don’t consider it necessary to take extreme action when it comes to self-care. Why? |
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The emerging marketing choice: fame or respect
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| Branding today is increasingly extreme, requiring companies to make extreme choices. One of those is the decision to think huge or small. For marketers, that means making a deliberate choice to pursue one of two outcomes: fame or respect. The former is epitomised by the scale-driven strategies of the major global brands; the latter is a more subtle affair, but one that is gaining traction with customers with every passing day.
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Poverty Measurements and Relevance of Micro-credit
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| Some recent studies on poverty have attempted to put forth terms and classifications of the very
poor in a way that will allow the reader to imagine the extreme helplessness, and a state of extreme
destitute amongst the people under discussion. |
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Energy Efficient Windows and Insulation
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| “A well designed passive home with energy efficient windows requires no heating or cooling except in the most extreme climates. Even in extreme climates, it is possible to design a Zero Energy - Zero Bills house at little additional cost.” ‘Your Home´ Technical Guide, a publication to inform homeowners of the advantages of energy efficient design.
Often people ask me “what is the best type of heater to have installed?” my answer is... |
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Violence in Shoplifting
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| You will often hear the term “Shoplifting is a Victimless Crime”, this certainly is not necessarily always the case. With the rise in shoplifting there has become an increase in violence towards retailers and their employees. In some cases these are verbal assaults but in a growing number of cases it has become physical. Retailers need to recognize a potential danger to personal safety and take the appropriate action.
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GREEN BUSINESS, GREENBACKS and GREEN GRASS are FINANCIALLY SECURE
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| Pia Lord writes a new series for women(and men) to clarify financial security, areas to plan for, extreme budgeting, extreme restraint and savings. Now more than ever women are needing to save money and be critically aware of their own need for future financial security. Just to maintain a particular type of lifestyle requires a determined amount of money. It is vital to know what that is long before retirement or forced retirement comes around. |
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Zero Tolerance Means Zero Leadership
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| We have all heard the horror stories regarding zero tolerance policies in the past. Stories about a teenager being expelled for having a Tylenol in her purse or a five year old removed from the classroom for bringing a toy gun to school are recent examples that have generated buzz in the press. Most of us laugh at the ridiculousness of such examples and consider them to be the exception rather than the rule for today's society. Why do such policies exist and what purpose do these extreme measures provide the organization? Do such extreme positions provide any benefit? How does such a policy reflect on the leadership within these organizations? And finally, what might be the cost for an organization that must act upon the violation of such a policy?
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Is the Baby Ugly?
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| Well of course all babies are beautiful and there are very few things more precious than a new life in this world. Yet the analogy of a baby to our work is very interesting to consider. It is difficult, if not impossible, to not see extreme beauty in what we helped create. When we work hard on a project or invest a significant amount of time on anything, we become blinded by the emotional investment we have already made. We lose our objectivity and in some cases "fall in love" with the ugly baby we have created.
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Freeing Yourself From Debt
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| With the way the worlds economy is today debt has become just a way of life for so many individuals. So many of us have home and car loans, have credit on furniture and clothes or are even still paying off education costs. Many of us are so over whelmed in debt that we really have no idea how much in arrears we are in and who we even owe the money too and in some extreme cases we don't even know where the debt has come from. |
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