NEW YORK—-Did Harry Truman show good judgment when he dropped the atomic bomb on Japan? What about Hillary Clinton, when she voted to authorize the Iraq War? Or A.G. Lafley at Procter & Gamble, when he bet $57 billion to acquire Gillette?
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Dr. Harvey Robbins, the author of “Why Teams Don’t Work” and “The Accidental Leader,” will be addressing the leadership challenges of UK business leaders via a no cost Web Seminar on November 15th, 2007. During the Webinar Dr. Robbins will explain why poor leadership is killing teams, mangling change management efforts and draining the productivity of people?and costing companies millions in …
SOMERS, N.Y.—-The Pepsi Bottling Group today announced that it has received a 2007 Green Power Leadership award from the U.S Environmental Protection Agency . The annual awards recognize the country’s leading green power purchasers for their commitment and contribution to helping advance the development of the nation’s green power market.
SIMSBURY, Conn.—-The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. mutual fund family has surpassed $50 billion in assets under management as of October 1, 2007, doubling in less than three years and up 38% from just one year ago.
The Warner Robins Area Chamber of Commerce recently held its 2007 Leadership Warner Robins Class graduation at Houston Lake Country Club. The graduates are Susan Bowers, Robins Air Force Base; Gary Cox, NavCom Defense Electronics Inc.; Amy Day, BB&T Bank; Nathaniel Demere, Boeing Co.; Brian Fern, Houston-Middle Georgia Chapter of the American Red Cross; Tommi Gill, Houston Healthcare; David …
HOUMA — Leadership Terrebonne culminated its 15th program year on Oct. 25 with the graduation of 28 local residents from the Class of 2007.
Management Matters with Mike Myatt: Have You Got the Power of Disruption? How disruptive is your business model?
As the 2007 trade show season winds down, executives and industry experts from XyEnterprise, the leading developer of award-winning XML content management and multi-channel delivery solutions, are sharing best practices, thought leadership, and industry expertise with conference attendees from around the globe.
GREENE, N.Y. – The Raymond Corporation’s Technical Publications group received the Rare Bird award from the Center for Information-Development Management (CIDM) for its new XML process development initiative. Raymond is the first materials handling equipment provider to convert its technical publications, including parts and maintenance manuals, into XML/DITA format so they can be easily …
SINGAPORE, Nov. 1 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Pacific Internet Limited ( Nachrichten ) (“Pacific Internet” or the “Company”), Asia Pacific’s largest telco-independent Internet Communications Service Provider by geographic reach, today announced three new appointments to its Senior Management Team, which completes the Company’s leadership realignment process.
Executive Alliance, creator and provider of premium leadership-recognition forums and events worldwide, announced today the recipient of the ISE Luminary Leadership Award 2007.
Enkata, a leading provider of on-demand performance and talent management solutions, today congratulates its customer, Chase Card Services, the credit card division of JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), for winning the 2007 Performance Management Leadership Award from analyst firm Ventana Research.
MINEOLA, N.Y.—-FatWire Software today announced that it has acquired Infostoria, a provider of Web 2.0 collaboration and content sharing tools for the enterprise. Infostoria’s innovative technology enables single-click wiki creation and blogging, and offers an advanced content integration platform to help organizations manage, find and securely share content stored in disparate repositories.
The South Florida Water Management District has been recognized for its leadership, innovation and funding to protect Florida’s future water supplies through water reuse, an integral part of the district’s water conservation program.
When Joseph A. Frick, 55, took over Independence Blue Cross in January 2005, 16 days after his predecessor had died of cancer, he immediately brought in consultants to lead top management in a strategic-planning process. That’s when one of the managers told him about the “Iceberg book” – she had discovered it at a leadership conference.
Oct 28, 2007 ? Q: What’s the difference between managing and leading? A: Successful business owners shine at most aspects of operating their business. Usually they’re great at planning, or marketing, or creative thinking or crunching numbers, or knowing just how to satisfy customers.
The management team of EMSystem LLC in Milwaukee completed a buyout of the company today from members of the Marquette University Golden Angels Network and Infinity HealthCare.
ATLANTIC CITY – A quick scan of the business management shelf in one bookstore yesterday revealed the following: “Management by Baseball” . . . A leadership book written by Jim Calhoun, the
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Korn/Ferry International ( Nachrichten ), a premier global provider of talent management solutions, today announced several corporate leadership changes, effective immediately.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Oct. 25 — Volkswagen of America, Inc., CEO Stefan Jacoby today announced new executive appointments and realignment of the Volkswagen brand executive management team, taking effect January 1, 2008.
Three days after President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua insisted that he would not interfere with the crisis rocking the House of Representatives, he may have bowed to public opinion as he has summoned a meeting with the leadership of both the Senate and the House of Representatives today at the State House, Aso Rock by 8 p.m.
The Certification of Disability Management Specialists Commission has chosen the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center as the recipient of its 2007 Quality Leadership Award, in recognition of the organization’s innovative programs to promote the health and productivity of its workforce.
KORE Telematics North America’s largest independent provider of digital wireless services for the machine-to-machine (M2M), telematics and telemetry markets, recently announced that it is powering ITN International’s data collection and lead management solution at the CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2007 tradeshow and conference.
OpenPages, the leading provider of enterprise risk management solutions that optimize business performance, has won the prestigious enterprise applications award given by the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council at its annual Awards Gala.
AT&T Inc. announced recently that AT&T will team with Microsoft to support Microsoft’s System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008. The comprehensive, enterprise-grade mobile management security and access server was introduced today by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2007 in San Francisco. Mobile Device Manager will be available in the second quarter of 2008.
More than 300 student organizations exist on the U’s campus — that’s more than 300 opportunities for student leadership. The Office of Orientation and Leadership Development made note of this statistic when it hosted the third annual Learning to Lead Conference last Saturday.
Oct 23 — Riverbed Technology Inc., a provider of wide-area data services (WDS), announced Monday version 4.1 of its Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS) and the upcoming availability of a new Steelhead appliance, model 6120.
ROCKPORT – The next generation of audiobooks has arrived at Rockport Public Library.