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Arathi

 Malcolm Gladwell writes, "sprinkled among every walk of life . . . are a handful of people with a truly extraordinary knack of making friends and acquaintances.
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Narendra Bhatta

Somethings are better learnt, when you learn it your way. Beating off track is often not the rule of the game. But when one does break it, VOILA.... we have a new game to play, a new domain to tread, new rules to form.
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ianfaria

As we proceed to life, we normally have a pretty good understanding that we may not be able to see too far into the future, nor are we able to see too much into the present. Our horizon determines what we see... and also how seeing more...
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Ron Kaufman

2011 was an extraordinary year. There were more revolutions around the world, violent and otherwise, than we’ve seen in many years. These dominated local and global news channels, political and business conversations, and the attention of people everywhere. Even Time magazine acknowledged the Protester as the Person of the Year.
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Ron Kaufman

I was relaxing on a flight last month in my usual window seat, happily reading a book with the soft, natural sunlight beaming through the window. A member of the cabin crew passed by and, seeing me reading, stretched out her hand and switched on the light above me. She smile, and then she walked away. I was distracted from my reading, and a little puzzled.
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Pradeep

Typically when we talk of improvements and breakthrough in companies we always focus on Operations, and in the manufacturing sector it is the shop floor and related activities.  Quite often it appears that organizations keep these initiatives away from functions such as Human Resource, Sales and Finance; with an assumption that these functions cannot be improved by the available tools in
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Bob Parsons

If you don't screen applicants this way, hiring will be easier BUT ... you might not like the results.     Watch Video Blog It's the employees who make a business work. That's why is so important to hire the right ones.
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Balaji Pasumarthy

Financial Rewards can cause a negative impact on overall performance. The traditional approach to motivation is the carrot and stick approach. This worked very well in the 20th century when most tasks were predictable.
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ianfaria

The human mind is hard wired to connect with others. Social Networking Sites prove that we are drawn towards interpersonal connections like a moth is drawn to the light. There is joy in working together. There is also considerable power in it. Sadly, in a world that is well connected technologically, we are disconnected interpersonally. People feel alone, and lonely.
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Harvey Mackay

In his book What the Dog Saw, Malcolm Gladwell titles one especially worthwhile chapter "The New-Boy Network." According to Gladwell, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave a speech to former Microsoft interns and a young man posed an astute question to Ballmer. After that talk, Ballmer asked this college senior for his e-mail address.

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