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9 ways to turn team challenges into opportunities

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Christopher Salem , business acceleration strategist, Sustainable Success Coaching & Consulting Repurposing excess inventory into a partnership solution Years ago, a manufacturer I worked for experienced a major inventory problem with an international vendor. I had a sit-down with our CEO. I had a sit-down with our CEO.

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James Dyson: The Ever-Tinkering Engineer

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James Dyson’s inspiration: solve an everyday problem In 1978, while vacuuming his home in Bathford, England, he noticed that the bag in his Hoover upright quickly became clogged with dust and lost its suction. The first iteration of the cyclonic vacuum for sale was a pink upright called the G-Force, launched in 1986.

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Honeywell International CEO Vimal Kapur’s leadership style is shaped by his time in the field

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“My empathy for the problems people face on the front line is very high,” he says, adding: “Given that I was on the receiving side of requests from headquarters, I generally bash bureaucracy a lot.” He says such leaders often have to be more creative and innovative in the way they solve problems.

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5 questions managers should ask their teams quarterly

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Instead, a crucial part of success is identifying what’s preventing a project from advancing and then fixing those problems. You might coach your team members through problems to help them learn to solve them alone in the future. As you know, that’s rarely the case. What do you see that I don’t?

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Why the over 50s are leaving the workforce in huge numbers

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The UK economy has a problem with its over 50s: following the COVID pandemic, they have been leaving the labour force en masse , causing headaches for businesses and the government. Meanwhile, the occupations with the largest percentage rises are process plant and machine operatives (+50%) and sales and customer service occupations (+40%).

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Not All Stories Have Happy Endings—For This Entrepreneur, It Was Still Worth It

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In recent years, its annual sales exceeded $1 million and Macy’s carried the brand. . The printing and manufacturing was also done locally in Bergen County, New Jersey. Rising costs meant they also had to test international options for raw goods and manufacturing. “I could accommodate their specifications.

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Researchers reveal the hidden peril of ‘labeling’ employees

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For instance, a sales manager who labels a team member as “low potential” might unconsciously offer fewer growth opportunities, affecting the employee’s performance and motivation to step up. To think that an employee’s worth can be permanently categorized is to misunderstand the dynamic nature of human capital.