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BET’s Bob Johnson adds to the African luxury hotel surge
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| In the past few years there’s been a bit of news coming out of new hotel projects taking place on the African continent. From the Hilton Hotels Group to the Rezidor Hotel Group it seems there’s a lot of interest in Africa as a luxury travel destination. |
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6.3.2 Group empowerment: For-profit and NGO training activities
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| The new approach to skill development tends to be more overtly political in that its primary focus is to support collective action among groups of the poor and, particularly women, in order to achieve specific economic, social and political objectives. Self-help associations (SHA) have become one of the main institutional mechanisms for achieving this. There are two main types of SHA- work-related (i.e. trade or occupation) and community-based.
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Office Politics: Survival of the Savvy
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| Tales of political sabotage, power plays and turf wars are part of any organization’s history. Nonetheless, political competence is the one skill everyone wishes to have more of — but no one talks about it. |
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The Best of Times...The Worst of Times? Part 2
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| Do you get the impression that everyone is missing the point to our current economic climate (I prefer “climate” to “crisis”). All common sense solutions first identify the “root cause” of the problem. There are plenty of examples in our daily lives. Want to avoid a hangover?...DON’T drink, care to avoid lung cancer?...DON’T smoke, indigestion?...avoid spicy foods. When you go to the doctor seeking help with your cholesterol or blood pressure the doctor will prescribe medicine and a regimen of diet and exercise that will work towards solving the root cause of the problem. Why haven’t we taken the same approach to solving the root cause of our current “climate”?
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The Political Failures of the Baby Boomers, and the Challenges for the Next Generation
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| The Boomers' failures are distributed uniformly from Right to Left. But given the liberal-leaning Boomers' original rise from the 1960s counterculture, their weak-kneed absorption into the partisan political establishment is most ironic. The generation that fought for free speech and the right to question authority now enforces strict political correctness and quashes political dissent from their tenured posts in academia.
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Climate Counts: Businesses Combating Climate Change
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| Climate Counts brings consumers and companies together in the fight against global climate change. Since 2007, Climate Counts has rated 150 companies (representing approximately 3,000 brands) in 16 industry sectors. The charter members of the i2 project are boldly showing leadership with sustainable positioning that enhances efficiency, reduces climate impact and betters their bottom line. |
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An Iron String: The Power of Trust
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| Trust pervades nearly every aspect of our daily lives. It is fundamental in the healthy functioning of all of our relationships with others. In today’s uncertain climate, it is not surprising that study after study shows a decline in the trust level individuals have of business and political leaders and institutions. If lack of trust is an issue which causes you concern in your leadership, what can you do to manage perceptions of trust in an unstable and slippery environment? This article provides 12 actionable steps. |
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How Much Of Our Lives Will We Let Them Take Over?
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| Sometimes I really have to wonder about the "political correctness" of California, one of my home states. In fact, in California, "political correctness" is really just a politically-correct term for "liberal insanity." And these days, it seems the state's PC Police have a real thing about the U.S. flag.
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Poltical Savvy and Employees
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| Political savvy has little to do with one’s place in the hierarchy. All employees can use political savvy regardless of their position in the organization. The truth is
you can engage in several activities without considering yourself a “political person.”
For example:
- relationship building
- valuing diversity
- persuasive communication
- information gathering
- networking
- team involvement
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Political Savvy for the Average Employee
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| What can political savvy mean to the average employee in the workplace?
If you have ever watched TV sitcom The Office you probably have a good idea of what political savvy is not about. While the office politics of The Office employees may seem funny on TV, in the real world of work these behaviors could kill your career or even get you fired.
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Small Business and Politics
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| Right now political discussions are like so much confetti that seems to be dropped on us every day whether we want it or not. This is the season when political aspirants show their love and attention like no other time. However, in the lives of most small business owners there’s usually a long list of concerns ahead of politics and polling data. |
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