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Dedicated to students on athletic scholarships and their teachers. That Rolle long ago recognized he isn’t defined by athletics, that he refused to allow a jersey or helmet to constrain self-awareness and personal esteem is what should really be saluted. Rolle is an athlete, yes. A really good
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An oldie but a goodie. An investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The banker complimented the fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how
Manage the business
A trans-Atlantic culture clash at Alcatel-Lucent, the French-American telecommunications equipment maker created in a $10.7 billion merger two years ago, hit home when the company’s top two executives said they would step down. Patricia F. Russo, the American chief executive, and Serge Tchuruk, the French
EME
One study (...) found that workers took an average of twenty-five minutes to recover from interruptions such as phone calls or answering e-mail and return to their original task. Estimated cost to the U.S. economy from loss of productivity: $650 billion annually. [W]e are really talking about
EME
After an intensive four-week training period that compensates new employees with their full salary, Zappos presents the freshly trained group with something called The Offer: “If you quit today, we will pay you for the amount of time you’ve worked, plus we will offer you a $1,000
EME
I have my Business communication students give up one means of electronic communication for five days. The assignment consists in writing down what they think will happen, keeping a journal for the duration, and writing an account of lessons learned. In the last few classes, most students chose to do
leadership
In a rare appearance together on the same stage at the same time, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs discussed each other's contributions to the technology industry.Bill Gates and Steve Jobs discussed each other's contributions to the technology industry. All Things Digital hosted the event and
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Do you think your high-paid managers really know best? A Dutch sociology professor has doubts. The professor, Chris Snijders of the Eindhoven University of Technology, has been studying the routine decisions that managers make and is convinced that computer models, by and large, can do it better. "As