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Havard Business Review
There is no shortage of advice for those who aspire to be effective leaders. One piece of advice may be particularly enticing: If you want to be a successful leader, ensure that you are seen as a leader and not a follower. To do this, goes the usual advice, you should seek out opportunities to lead, adopt behaviors that people associate with leaders rather than followers (e.g., dominance and confidence), and — above all else — show your exceptionalism relative to your peers.
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Entrepreneur
Competition within companies is a controversial topic. Some argue it increases output, while others say it creates a negative, cutthroat culture.
Both arguments are valid, but there's not a single right answer. Certain businesses create a cutthroat culture and promote it, while others emphasize teamwork through competition. A collaborative approach has the benefits of competition without the negative undertones.
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Little Debbie® Vending has introduced a new Double Decker Fudge Round to the vending trade. This fresh, delicious 3.9 oz. cookie is made with fudge creme sandwiched between three soft, fudge cookies, and topped with a wavy fudge stripe. Programs are available.
Order Samples! Questions? Email us:
foodservice@mckee.com or call us: 1-800-251-6346 x 24656
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Inc.
You have big ideas and talent but may perceive that no one recognizes them. You may think that have to do act differently to get acknowledged in your field, but standing out as a leader also requires a mindset shift. If you want to avoid being lost in the crowd, here are four tips to help you shift your mind to increase your influence.
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Forbes
Micah Solomon writes:
The relationship between what actually occurs in the course of the customer experience and what your customers will later recall is a tricky one. An excellent way to "game" this is to focus your efforts on the four customer experience moments that tend to linger disproportionately in customer memory.
In fact, as I tell my customer service consulting clients, if you can get a handle on these four moments, you’re positioning yourself for the kind of relationship that drives customer engagement and, ultimately, loyalty — in other words, the kind of results you can take to the bank.
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Quartzy
Button-up shirts that are designed to be worn untucked sound like an absurd premise for a business. And yet the brand Untuckit, built on this exact idea, continues to rapidly open stores and did more than $100 million in sales last year, according to a Forbes estimate.
Similarly, in recent years several brands have built businesses on products such as a better sock (Bombas), or men’s pants that fit well in the seat (Bonobos), or by selling quirky, vintage-inspired, size-inclusive dresses (ModCloth).
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Forbes
Two young entrepreneurs are using leftover coffee cherry husks to create a new range of natural plant-based energy drinks. Nomad Trading Company is the “not-just-for-profit” startup looking to turn a coffee by-product into an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable supply chain.
Coffee is the second most traded commodity in the world behind crude oil.
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For over 20 years, SMART has been a premium service management system for all types of service companies. Additionally, we have developed industry-leading components, highly specialized for Amusement, Gaming, and ATM Operators.
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Business.com
The internet is instrumental to our lives. We use it for entertainment, education, shopping, dating and more. Millions of people depend on it to make a living.
However, try looking up articles from 15 years ago and you’ll see that not only we were oblivious to how the internet worked, but we also angrily spewed skepticism as to the forecasts about technology's impact on business and the world in general.
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Natural Products Insider
Consumers are looking for the convenience of on-the-go nutritional snacks and beverages to fit into their busy lives. With the ongoing development of new items and promotional activity helping to generate sales, the snack market continues to grow at a rapid rate.
The wealth of unique flavors, ingredients and formulations is providing customers with many choices in their quest to combine the benefits of fast snacks with health and satiety.
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Entrepreneur
Food is the most exciting and a highly trending topic in business these days. The F&B and FMCG industries are drawing more and more attention from global giants and local players alike. The business of food is no longer restricted to geo location or confined by service and hospitality industries.The Retail FMCG market is estimated to be approximately $100 billion.
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Forbes
In 2009, Vava Angwenyi returned to her native Kenya, after completing her studies in Canada and Europe, with the ambition of changing the African coffee industry to include more Africans like herself. Nearly a decade in, she’s finally figuring how to make a dent in the chaotic world of coffee trading, which, she argues, has for too long been dominated by foreigners.
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GreenBiz
A company's culture isn’t defined merely by Ping-Pong tables and free lunches; employees want to feel like part of something bigger. That sense of community and fulfillment benefits employers, too; by one estimation, disengaged workers cause losses of close to $500 billion every year.
Happy employees are engaged, which depends partly on sustainable practices at work. When a company trades silence and waste for open communication and sustainability, employees respond positively.
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