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Are Rising Transport Costs Behind Higher Cost Of Living?

The Horizons Tracker

A recent study from George Washington University suggests that higher transportation costs may actually play a bigger part. These approaches seldom use formal models of a city, however, and therefore ignore things like the cost of transport on the cost of living. “The city housing market is like a balloon,” the authors say.

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How to Win in Africa

Leading Blog

They say business leaders tend to “underestimate Africa’s size and potential as a market, and overestimate the challenges of doing business there.”. Africa is the next growth market. Develop programs to grow talent from within and make gender diversity a priority. Turnover is high.

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Sustainable Transportation as a Corporate Strategy

Strategy Driven

Specifically, implementing a sustainable transportation policy as a corporate strategy offers significant value from environmental and financial benefits to increased efficiency and social advantages. Hence, a company or government entity can subsidize transportation costs or give free passes to employees.

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Great Leaders Know Core Business Model Vision

Great Leadership By Dan

Think about it, when Steve Jobs developed Apple it was not about one computer it was about the perspective of how technology would improve our lives. His vision to serve customers in a profitable way meant to be at least first or second in its respective markets or get rid of the product. Great leaders know core business model vision.

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Leading For Good

Great Leadership By Dan

One New York assignment was as head of the transportation practice. “I We had a tiny transportation team – just a few people. The transportation orange didn’t have much more juice. The opportunity was big: supervise eighty people, a $100 million business, with a much higher profile than transportation. I just took it.

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Become a Brand Renegade

Leading Blog

Think how Uber transformed the transportation industry, how Airbnb took over the lodging industry — not to mention how Tesla is upending both the automobile and energy industries. Thora Dowdell was formerly in marketing and sales before becoming a business partner with Sean, initially in the music recording industry and later in Club Tattoo.

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As a Leader, Do You Really Trust Your People?

Lead Change Blog

But that approach – based on a lack of trust – never creates a consistent yet unique, differentiated, and personalized experiences that leads the market. These industries include transportation, restaurant, hospitality, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and entertainment. As leaders, we often don’t trust our people.