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Nominations Being Accepted for Exceptional Women in Business.

Women on Business

According to today’s press release from Veuve Clicquot, the award recognizes successful British businesswomen with judges focusing on the following qualities: Achievement Motivational ability Innovation Creativity Business acumen Entrepreneurship Dynamism Charisma A profound concern for the sustainable growth of her business and development of (..)

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Getting Smarter about Google's "Brain Drain"

Harvard Business Review

Just yesterday, on the front page of the New York Times , came a report about how "low-level engineers, product managers and prominent managers" from the executive ranks are leaving the company for high-profile companies such as Facebook as well as venture-funded startups of the sort that dot the technology landscape.

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6 Reasons Salespeople Win or Lose a Sale

Harvard Business Review

From a departmental perspective, engineering would be classified as price immune; marketing and sales as price sensitive; and manufacturing, information technology, human resources, and accounting as price conscious. 6: Charisma Sells in Certain Industries. 5: It’s Possible to Cut Through Bureaucracy.

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