Category: Business Hardships
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Innovate Or Die
August 2013 This article was written back in 2007 in the beginning of the recession, its principles still apply today. What do organizations, such as those in the publishing industry, need to do to ensure survival, readership, and jobs for their people and provide a service to their communities? The publishing industry is at a…
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How to Successfully Merge Department or Company Cultures
Aug 2013 For a project to end successfully, it must begin successfully and this statement could not be more true and the stakes higher then when it comes to any kind of merger or restructure. Long before the CEO’s are finished signing the final documents, the employees of each department or company have already started…
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How to Learn from Downturns, Corrections and, yes, even Recessions
Aug 2013 During difficult times, why do some firms grow and prosper while others decline and die out? I believe the answer lays in the ability to manage change. Some people see threats and change as what they have to give up. Others see them as opportunities. These “opportunists” see change as a time when things are…
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How to Overcome Business Hardship & Succeed
Aug 2013 Overview Henry Ford’s businesses failed and left him flat broke five times before he founded Ford Motor Company, R.H. Macy started seven businesses and failed at each one before he found the right combination, Soichiro Honda was turned down as an engineer at Toyota, was jobless for quite a while then created…