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How Entrepreneurs' Brains Are Different From Managers'
There are many differences between the people inclined to take the relatively safe path of becoming a manager at someone else's business, and those who take the leap and become entrepreneurs.It turns...
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Kill Your Awful Annual Reviews—It's Time To Give Employees 'Hyperfeedback'
A new software trend is turning the painful chore of annual employee reviews into something fun.Yes, really.It's called social performance management—or, in a buzzword that's less redolent of "Office...
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Texas Instruments Tells Employees: 'Get Work Done, But Take Care Of Your...
Building a great work environment is essential in attracting and retaining talent in a competitive workforce. Texas Instruments, Inc., a Dallas-based technology company, has consistently appeared on...
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The Best Companies For Women Who Want To Get Promoted Quickly
Women make up half of the workforce, yet they're still hugely underrepresented on corporate boards. "There must be cohesiveness on the board to get the work moving forward," Carol Evans, CEO of the...
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How To Recognize Future Leaders Without Alienating Everyone Else
The most successful companies are intentional about improving their succession-planning efforts. They identify high-potential managers and leaders, then provide them with breakthrough learning and...
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Colorado Governor On The Biggest Things Politicians Can Learn From Business
Government, particularly state government, is not known for its efficiency. The word that comes to mind is bureaucracy, and the experience people think of is an interminable wait or bad service in a...
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Businesses Have To Build Networks To Keep People From Drifting Apart
Management fads come and go. Core Competency, Value Chains, Reinvention and others have all had their day in the sun. Each had its merits and demerits, became overhyped and left us disillusioned until...
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Why Companies Fail At Sustainability, In Three Charts
Increasingly, investing in sustainability isn't just a PR move, but a fundamental and profitable part of businesses. Unilever uses a sustainability message to attract talent, and Novo Nordisk measures...
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We're Entering A New 'Trust' Economy
At the end of December 2012 I wrote an article highlighting 10 business resolutions for a prosperous 2013. While it’s still early in the year, we’ve seen some developments unfold that have been...
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RUE LA LA CEO: The Key To Good Customer Service Is 'Make Up Sex'
Rue La La CEO Ben Fischman has a brilliant analogy about customer service. There's a fool-proof way that the brand wins positive referrals, Fischman told Business Insider deputy editor Nicholas Carlson...
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Why Twitter's CEO Personally Teaches A Class For Every New Manager
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo offers a personally-taught course on "managing at Twitter" to new managers at the company which he started working on around November 2011, according to his Twitter feed.Ruslan...
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MARIA BARTIROMO: My New Year's Resolution Was To Start Emailing Like A Guy
This afternoon CNBC's "Closing Bell" had a segment about Wall Street's embarrassing emails being made public.The Justice Department released a bunch of emails and IMs from Standard & Poor's...
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How To Let Down An Employee Who's Not Ready For A Promotion
You've got a hard choice: Promote an excellent employee or bring in a better fit from the outside. If you decide to pass over your existing talent for a promotion (which sometimes is best for your...
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What To Do When Your Mentor Leaves The Company
There’s nothing better than having a mentor at work—someone to offer you guidance in your career, give you advice on your day-to-day responsibilities, and help you succeed within the organization. So...
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The Benefits Of Working With Someone You Hate
When you think about founding your dream business, you might imagine working side-by-side with your best friend, or your spouse, or your sibling. You love spending time with this person. You feed off...
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The Pros And Cons Of Working At The Best Employer In America
In the past decade, Celgene Corporation has become a major player in the biopharmaceutical sector.Aside from developing drugs that help people battle cancer and inflammatory disorders, Celgene is also...
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Think About Your Consumer Before Thinking About Your Product
We looked at all the products in the space and thought, “We can do it better.” So we did. – most foundersIt’s a common refrain, and I suppose this is what all founders should...
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RON JOHNSON: Here's The Truth About Sales At JCPenney (JCP)
It has been more than a year since JCPenney CEO Ron Johnson unveiled his plan to turn around the struggling department store.Johnson sat down with CNBC to talk about his first year at the retailer and...
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The Future Of The Workplace [SLIDE DECK]
Despite the massive changes we've seen in our personal lives from technology, the workplace has been remarkably static. Many of us still work in big offices, in cubicles, and at the same desk and...
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There Is A 260,000-Person Wait List For A New Email App
Try and think of something less sexy than your inbox.It's difficult to do. And yet, a new app called Mailbox has created so much demand, there's a 260,000-person long wait list to download the...
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