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Changing The Talent Equation: From Expense to Asset

Rich Gee Group

Downsizing, salary cuts, and underinvestment in employee development can decrease morale, productivity, and overall company performance, ultimately impacting the bottom line. Discouraging Investments in Skills and Development By viewing employees as expenses, companies become reluctant to invest in training and development programs.

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3 Ways to Develop Winning Team Spirit

Michael Lee Stallard

Today, Varsity Brands includes Varsity Spirit, BSN Sports (sports apparel, footwear, and equipment) and Herff Jones (school graduation and achievement products). I asked him to share some of the key factors that contributed to developing the culture. Over more than four decades, he led Varsity to combined sales exceeding $1.5

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4 Key Leadership Lessons from Patagonia Founder, Yvon Chouinard

CEO Insider

” These are the words of Yvon Chouinard – the founder of multi-billion-dollar outdoor apparel company Patagonia. “We have always considered Patagonia an experiment in doing business in unconventional ways.” He has often done things differently and even said, “I never wanted to be a businessman.”

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How to Write Your Business Mission Statement

Strategy Driven

Company mission statements are therefore an instrumental part of a company’s business plan or proposed integrations for development and growth. What type of message do they want to convey to their clients? Without a mission statement in place, it’s like trying to paddle upstream without a paddle. What should be its main focus?

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How To Grow In Your Career

Strategy Driven

Professional development is something that requires an intimate awareness of what’s expected of you, as well as the different ways that you can situate yourself within your industry. Develop Your Skills . It may take some time to get to that point, but it’s worth it to consider it now if you’d like to get further in your goal.

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15 Nuggets of Wisdom From 15 Entrepreneurs

Terry Starbucker

I jotted down a lot of notes during the day, and I wanted to share what I thought were the 15 best nuggets of wisdom from the event: “Pay attention (to everything)” – Eric Winquist , CEO of Jama Software , who is delivering enterprise-grade software solutions to product development challenges.

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Financial Fluency and A Leadership Opportunity

Great Leadership By Dan

In my current role, I am often called to help install financial fluency within large organizational structures as part of leadership development. While speaking this last week to one of the largest apparel companies in the country, I led an exercise that became an “Aha!” 5) Tie Fluency to Personal Development.

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