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Full-Spectrum Thinking

Leading Blog

Johansen looks at business development. Think especially beyond commodity products where competition is based only on price.”. In an interesting chapter on Human-Machine symbiosis , he reimagines the human resources function. Think beyond products.

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How are you doing on price? :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Since then, I have had more and more discussions with my clients about their pricing strategies and being squeezed in this market. In a lean economy, many sales and business development people feel obligated to discount their prices; at least, the discussion of price and where it fits in the sales strategy becomes more important than ever.

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The Great Leadership Development and Succession Planning eBook

Great Leadership By Dan

The Great Leadership Development and Succession Planning Kit is a “best of” collection of blog posts from the award winning blog Great Leadership , written by Dan McCarthy, an experienced leadership development practitioner and author. Dan's advice about how to develop great leaders is always practical and real world tested.

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Moving Beyond Company Organization Silos: Lessons from the Aviation Industry

Leading Blog

Even worse, functional processes — finance, human resources, sales, etc. This team’s deliverable is an integrated business plan, which must include minimum price and service-level commitments as well as strategies for greater value creation. They result in information hoarding and lack of communication. Recall how the U.S.

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The Challenges of Hiring Foreign Workers in Your Business

Lead Change Blog

Are available more affordably—Companies take advantage of the readily available foreign workforce by paying lower rates than the market price. Human resource managers say that it is the greatest problem that foreign workers deal with once they have relocated to a new country. Challenges of Hiring Foreign Workers.

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Culture Makes the Difference

Leading Blog

Additionally, we all tend to sell our products at comparable prices. In our industry, for example, our lumberyard competitors sell essentially the same assortment of building materials that we do. Across New England, our white pine sawmill competitors make products that are very similar to our own.

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Retaining and Developing Talent that Represents the Future

Women on Business

She has demonstrated ability to target in on very valid and significant business development opportunities. She is liked by her peers and develops the people on her teams. The sustainability of our companies is dependent upon attracting, retaining and developing the best talent. What is wrong with this picture?