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Smarter, Creative Philanthropy for a Complex World
Credit: 2010 Because I am a Girl Canada By Sonal Shah, Professor of Practice and founding Executive Director of the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation at Georgetown University. Originally...
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NATO, Russia, China and the UN Should Join to Fight ISIS
LONDON -- I recently traveled to Paris from London. It takes two and a half hours by train. We are neighbors, our histories and populations intertwined. My 10-year-old granddaughter will go there this...
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The Cruel Lies We Buy on Thanksgiving
On Monday, a turkey will board a flight from San Francisco to Washington to be pardoned by President Obama on Thanksgiving. Don't call him lucky though. If he survives the trip and the presidential...
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5 Financial Tech Insights for Small Business Owners
Small business owners wear a lot of hats while learning to build a solid business foundation. One that may not fit so comfortably is the financial technology hat. Learning how to get all systems in...
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When is Digital Marketing Really Digital Marketing... a Lesson in Customer...
Last year PepsiCo's Lay's brand launched an interesting promotion in New York City. Over the course of two days, consumers logging into UberRUSH -- Uber's courier service -- could enter a special code...
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Number One Workplace Right You Think Exists That Doesn't: Wrongful Termination
One of the most popular columns I ever wrote was 10 Workplace Rights You Think You Have -- But Don't. In it, I identify ten work-related rights that most Americans think they have, but don't. The...
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Why the Paris Attacks May Signal the European Union's Final Fracture
One core narrative of the European Union goes like this: Whenever there is a crisis, the union will emerge from it even stronger. This narrative was invoked during the sovereign debt crisis, followed...
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10 Management Practices to Drive Results
In this excerpt from my book, Tell Me I Can't...and I Will, I offer 10 management practices that I have learned along my own journey that have driven results, results that I have witnessed firsthand....
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Finding Hope When We Need It Most
My heart is heavy following the horrific attacks in Paris. The loss of innocent lives and the hateful ambitions of this deeply misguided group have the potential to distract from movements for peace,...
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The Gift Guide for Small Business Owners You Can't Live Without
If you're racking your brain to find a gift for a fellow small business owner -- or looking for gifts to put on your own list to Santa -- here's a great place to start. Here, I share my annual Holiday...
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'Tis the Season to Prevent Online Identity Theft
A couple of years ago when some 40 million credit cards were breached at Target's brick-and-mortar stores, I frantically tried to recall if I had done any holiday shopping at my neighborhood store....
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Prepare for Another '30 Years' War' to Achieve Global Tolerance
BERLIN -- The attacks on Paris and Beirut prove that Islamic terrorism hasn't been defeated -- the opposite is the case. Sept. 11 was the prelude, the beginning of the war. The jihadis of Al Qaeda,...
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Big Insurance's Health Care Scam for the Holidays
Last week United Health Care (UHC), the country's largest health insurance company, announced that it was considering leaving the health care exchanges set up under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). It...
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How the Third Industrial Revolution Can Transform France
LILLE, France -- Since late 2012, the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France has been part of a national push to establish a transition to clean and renewable energy -- and also to design a new model of...
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Airline Pre-boards Have Gone Overboard
Now that coach travel on airlines has deteriorated into abject misery, everyone is looking for a way to raise themselves above the fray, however briefly. The airlines, recognizing that (a) we all want...
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6 Leaders to Be Thankful for
We all know a great leader when we see one, and to be sure bad leaders aren't hard to spot either. Leaders who are responsible, engaged, and effective may have different approaches, but there's no...
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Shaken, Not Stirred: 6 Brand Lessons from Bond
With the new Bond film Spectre newly released, many of us are gripped with anticipation and what the next instalment holds. So what brand lessons can we learn from big film franchises like Bond that...
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Which Health Plan Should I Get?
Question: My company's open enrollment period just started, and I have to choose a health insurance plan. Since I'm single and haven't been to the doctor in years, I've always chosen the cheapest...
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Buy This Annuity So I Can Take a Cruise
Photo courtesy of Flickr. The current controversy over the proposal by the U.S. Department of Labor to impose a fiduciary standard on those who advise retirement plans has little to do with the rule's...
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The Business Value of Gratitude
This week across the country our focus moves toward giving thanks and the power of gratitude. Gratitude in the workplace is especially critical because it satisfies the higher psychological needs of...
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