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The Father of Chewing Gum: The Early Years of William Wrigley Jr.
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| William Wrigley Jr. was just 29 years old when he used his life savings of $32 to start up his own soap manufacturing business. After experimenting with selling both soap and baking powder, Wrigley Jr. finally found his niche in chewing gum. He did not invent it, but he did go on to build the top chewing gum manufacturer in the world, bringing it for the first time to the masses, first in America and then around the world. |
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1.12 Ensuring incomes and basic social security: Working Out of Poverty
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| The Declaration of Philadelphia and a number of international labour
standards recognize access to an adequate level of social protection as a basic
right for all. |
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Rudeness at Work
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| How important is it to you that people be polite at work? A professor of psychology at West Chester University in Pennsylvania conducted a study all about rudeness in the workplace. Jennifer Bunk found that about 75 percent of workers say they’re treated rudely at least once a year. That can mean anything from being ignored by the boss or hearing snide remarks from coworkers. |
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A Strong Identity
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| The best negotiation is when you are not even negotiating. This is a true story from the life of Sam Maitin, the good artist who lived and worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. |
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Run Your Business Like Dan Cardone...
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| Dan Cardone is the Athletic Director at North Hills High School. Shortly after the tragedy in Haiti, he felt compelled to find a way to help those in need locally in his community of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He focused his initiative on the concept of showing appreciation for others via the Five Good Deeds On Game Day program. Imagine the impact this simple concept could have on an organization. |
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Teaching Professionalism
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| According to a new poll conducted for the Center for Professional Excellence (CPE) at York College of Pennsylvania, nearly 60 percent of the hiring decisions for new college graduates are based on assessments of the applicants’ professionalism. |
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It's Always Sunny...in the Workplace
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| Sales reps can enhance performance after learning from tv characters that run an unsuccessful business...It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is probably one of the funniest shows on television. For those who have never seen an episode, you should change that. It is a show about a gang of friends that own an unsuccessful bar in Philly... |
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How to Judge a Court Reporting Service
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| Business advice from the Philadelphia court reporters at Kaplan, Leaman and Wolfe on how to judge the skill of a court reporting service. |
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Leadership Strategies Is it Normal To Be Abnormal?
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| Hey leaders, PAY ATTENTION! This is a great time of year to really take some private time and think about how you want your company and team to work together in the future.
So I'd like to tell a personal story. We just had a fabulous holiday party at The Country Place, our retreat center in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. Now, we have owned this place for two decades and it is on 400 acres in the midst of nature with tons of trees and a spring fed small lake (or large pond). |
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The power of a group
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| January 18th would have been Benjamin Franklin’s birthday. Now there’s a guy who saw opportunities that others did not. Ben invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, the odometer, and the glass armonica. He formed both the first public library and the first fire department in Pennsylvania. |
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Make your mastermind rock
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| In a recent blog – The Power of a Group – I talked about the questions Ben Franklin created for guiding the discussions in his Junto group. Many of you asked to see those, so here they are.
See what you think – can you get a sense of why the Junto accomplished so much in Philadelphia with ripple
effects for the entire country? How would you like to be a part of a group like that? |
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