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Is Corporate Culture Putting Your Job at Risk?

March 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Business Management

Identifying the Malady of Management Malfeasance and put Your Career on a Successful Path
For those who have jobs and are in the midst of building a career, there are usually two issues that are front and center in their thinking: Is my job secure and does the company I work for provide an opportunity for [...]

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Telltale Sign of a Company in Decline

November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Blog, Business Ethics, Business Management, Financial Services

Often people are perplexed to see a company with an outstanding culture, a great record of growth and success, suddenly start to spurt, sputter and stutter like a car running out of gas. Cars have a gas gauge to let you know when you are running low on gas for the engine, which of course is [...]

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BE BLIND IN THE EYE OF PEER PRESSURE

August 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Blog, Business Ethics, Business Management, Financial Services

You don’t win by being on a par with the competition, but by being the competition.
Maybe the most sinister of all rules we encounter is the body bag full of social mores that translate into what is called “peer pressure.” No set of control sticks are more imbedded in the pantheon of rules that are [...]

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