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What is the secret to remote work? Just ask your Sales team.

Austin Startup

Halong Bay, Vietnam The world has changed. The hype cycle for “Remote Work” and “Distributed Companies” has reached a fever pitch, and everyone has an opinion about it. In a distributed environment, work is often solitary. To combat this, distributed companies should document everything. They always come prepared.

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[Review] How China’s Leaders Think

YoungUpstarts

Given that the book was published in 2010, more recent data could have been provided, including changes to provincial leadership. In traditional Chinese culture, Shao says, egalitarianism did not play a significant role and only came to prominence with the communist idea of equal distribution.

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3 Strategies For Millennials Battling ‘Boardroom Sexism’

YoungUpstarts

That’s not how women highlight their natural leadership qualities. Phuong Uyen Tran, author of “ Competing With Giants: How One Family-Owned Company Took on the Multinationals and Won ” is deputy CEO of the THP Beverage Group, a leading beverage company in Vietnam that was founded by her father.

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When Your Boss Is… Your Dad: 6 Tips For Navigating Fine Line Between Personal & Professional Life In Family Business

YoungUpstarts

Two that have been especially helpful to my family and me are the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), where I can have confidential peer-to-peer conversations with other executives and Landmark Forum, a US-based organization specializing in professional and leadership development.

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The Six Questions Young Leaders Need To Ask Themselves

YoungUpstarts

Phuong Uyen Tran, author of “ Competing With Giants: How One Family-Owned Company Took on the Multinationals and Won ” is deputy CEO of the THP Beverage Group, a leading beverage company in Vietnam that was founded by her father.

Vietnam 113
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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 10 – The DOD and Modern War –– Michèle Flournoy

Steve Blank

Well first, the sense of urgency you do hear at the top among the Pentagon leadership is not necessarily fully shared throughout the bureaucracy – surprise, surprise. The services need to design career paths for technologists, so that they can get rewarded, promoted, and reach leadership positions as technologists.

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Dreams of Growth and Expansion

Up and Running

If you’re venturing into the apparel market, you’ll have to visit China and Vietnam where the major garment factories are located. And for coffee distribution, you’ll have to press elbows with Starbucks in Guatemala. If you decide to produce toilets, sinks and showers, you’ll have to go to Japan. All markets are global.

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