Are you a strategic thinker or just a planner?
I made the point in the first of these columns that one of the main differences between leadership and management is the ability to have a strategic perspective and think strategically. This is universally expected of leaders, almost never taught to anyone formally, and therefore often marks one of the tougher transitions for very successful managers in becoming effective leaders.
Nepotism at Work: Does Your Job Pick Favorites?
Your boss promotes his incompetent nephew, even though he鈥檚 clearly not聽management material. The company owner鈥檚 20-something daughter gets a private office, but almost every other聽employee聽works in a cube. Your co-workers who are chummy with management always get the plum assignments, while others are stuck with busywork. Favoritism rears its ugly head in many offices, and as an employee, there鈥檚 not a lot you can do about it.
Is My GMAT Score Good Enough?
As a numerical score, the GMAT hints at offering a solid 鈥榩ass-rate鈥� for potential students to work towards.
If only it were so simple.
Business schools everywhere tend to publish an average score, rather than a minimum score, erring on the side of caution. Their reasoning is that a lower GMAT score combined with a number of other attributes could still mean success come admissions time.
Strategy Is Better Than Good Intentions
Good intentions, energy and teamwork are necessary, but good strategy is also vital for nonprofit operations. The brainy stuff really comes in handy.
Speaking during the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Fundraising Day In New York 2016, David M. Sterling of Western New England University stressed the necessity of strategy within an organization.
Sharing a wealth of information: how regulators can improve fracking disclosure practices
Both the聽information about聽fracking and the聽know-how abouthow best to employ聽it is available.Should they choose聽to do so, regulators聽can easily and cost effectively聽adopt聽disclosure practices聽that will benefit聽Canadians and their聽communities.
Should dangerous goods be travelling on Montreal's highways?
Alain聽Duguet聽and Gilbert Prince聽crisscrossed聽Canada and the United States together a number of times, two truck drivers聽cramped in a relatively small space.
They could chat for hours, getting into disagreements every now and then, but Prince was such a jovial person that he laughed even when he was upset,聽Duguet聽said.
"I'm聽talking about him in the past tense鈥�"聽Duguet聽said. He sighed.聽His voice聽trailed off.
Transport de mati猫res dangereuses: aux 茅lus d'agir
Un camion-citerne rempli de diesel qui s'enflamme au coeur d'une grande ville, en pleine heure de pointe聽:聽ce genre d'茅v茅nement donne froid dans le dos. L'accident survenu cette semaine sur l'autoroute 40 est certes tragique, mais il aurait pu 锚tre encore plus grave. Il doit maintenant servir de signal d'alarme et nous forcer 脿 茅valuer chaque maillon de la cha卯ne du transport routier de mati猫res dangereuses au Qu茅bec.
Enriching Leadership Skills through Diversity of Experience
I remember it as if it were yesterday when my boss clapped me on the shoulders saying, 鈥渃ongratulations Martin, you are nominated for the聽IMPM!鈥� Frankly, that was the first time I鈥檇 heard about the International Masters in Practicing Management (editor鈥檚 note:聽This is a certificate program aimed at experienced managers, and in which participants can also complete master鈥檚 degree requirements for a qualification from聽91黑料网聽or聽Lancaster University).
Route1 Reports 2016 Second Quarter Financial Results
Effective August 29, 2016, Peter Chodos will become Route1鈥檚 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Peter has been an independent member of Route1鈥檚 Board of Directors since September 2009, serving most recently as the Company鈥檚 Chair of the Compensation Committee and as a member of the Company鈥檚 Audit Committee.
Renin Corp. Appoints Eduardo Lopez as Vice President of Management Information Systems
聽Renin Holdings, LLC, ("Renin," and/or "Renin Corp."), today announced that it has appointed Eduardo Lopez as Vice President of Management Information Systems. In this role, Mr. Lopez will have full responsibility for the Information Technology ("IT") organization at Renin and will become a key member of the Renin executive leadership team.
Why dangerous materials go through cities
Watch the full interview with Professor Vedat Verter here
CTV News, August 11, 2016聽
World Social Forum reboots in Montreal
Fifteen years after the World Social Forum (WSF) began with a huge gathering in Porto Alegre, Brazil, organisers are hoping to breathe new life into the anti-globalisation movement.
Daoust songe 脿 restreindre le transport des mati猫res dangereuses
Le ministre des Transports Jacques Daoust envisage de restreindre le transport des mati猫res dangereuses pendant les heures de pointe, au lendemain du spectaculaire accident qui a co没t茅 la vie au chauffeur d'un camion-citerne sur l'autoroute M茅tropolitaine, mardi apr猫s-midi.
GCPA student, Joshua Faier, awarded a scholarship from the CPA Foundation
Joshua Faier,聽a GCPA student who will graduate at the end of this Summer term,聽was awarded one of the scholarships from the Fondation des comptables professionnels agr茅茅s du Qu茅bec. The prize is valued at $2,000 and recognizes his outstanding academic achievement and social involvement.
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