As business leaders, we need to make a habit of exposing ourselves to divergent points of view.
Yet as business leaders, we ask ourselves a simple, obvious question: Why would we do such a thing?
Their instinct as business leaders is to jump headlong into the current fray.
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As business leaders, we thrive on solving problems and getting things done.
As business leaders, we naturally get excited and overcommit to partners, or skip over a detail we believe could harm a relationship.
There is evidence that as business leaders and entrepreneurs that women place higher values on stakeholders-interests, like those of employees, than do men.
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However, as business leaders, we often get complacent with our incentives.
In fact, I believe the single best way to grow the struggling global economy is to fully engage women as business leaders in new and emerging industries.
So why, as business leaders, do we usually get it bass-ackwards when trying to sell our ideas or initiatives to the people we need to make them happen?
As business leaders, we are optimistic and persistent by nature.
Just as business leaders should consider following the flipped classroom model for business presentations, think about deploying a blended learning approach for employees working outside your main office.
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However, a shift is occurring in the enterprise as business leaders look for ways to generate real value through the use of social technologies to evolve their front-line business operations.
We as business leaders are ready for reinvention.
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And I want to thank all of you for joining us today and sharing your thoughts on what we can do -- as business leaders and advocates, as employees and as government officials -- to modernize our workplaces to meet the needs of our workforce and our families.
He looks forward to continuing discussions with ordinary Americans, with business leaders -- as you know, he has another meeting with business leaders today -- with members of Congress, leaders of Congress, as we continue to work out what he believes would be the right, balanced approach to deal with these challenges with Congress.
But as all good business leaders know, risk taking is critical for progression.
This is where the authentic activation of leadership directly impacts the business as leaders now become extended brand assets for the businesses they serve.
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But to access all that possibility we must be honest with ourselves, perhaps brutally so, about where we still stand as business and organizational leaders.
As business owners and leaders, our greatest currency is our story.
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The debate has been one of the most popular topics in the technology industry for years, but it has emerged with increasing intensity in the past five years as governments, business leaders and universities around the world have tried to come up with strategic plans to boost their economies through high tech.
Those religious attitudes, however, are viewed by some Indian business leaders as a major hindrance to commerce.
He explained how preventing tax hikes for middle-class families is good for business leaders as well as the broader economy.
This week, he will meet New York business leaders as part of his campaign to create more Wall Street jobs for blacks.
As such, these business leaders are carefully monitoring each move we make and how we are reacting to the unexpected changes in our business climate.
He refused but the offer, if made, suggests that prosecutors weren't just on the hunt for Wall Street traders but big-time business leaders as well.
Nor is Mr Osborne playing Santa for business leaders as individuals.
Successful business leaders as well as Olympic winners even fall prey.
And this afternoon, President Medvedev and I will join American and Russian business leaders as they move forward with a series of major trade and investment deals that will create jobs for Americans and Russians across many sectors, from aerospace and automotive engineering to the financial sector and high technology.
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Clinton believes, as do many economists and business leaders, that free trade spurs economic growth.
Even though uncertainty is a fact of life, business leaders pretend as if it can be avoided.
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