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The Mandate of the Global Ocean Commission

For this issue, I’d like to share the mandate of the Global Ocean Commission. The objective of the Commission is to formulate politically and technically feasible short-, medium- and long-term
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External audit + internal audit = value squared

There’s no doubt about it:  external financial audits, generally conducted to protect outside investors and creditors, have become exponentially more stringent and complex after scandals like Enron, Madoff, and the
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Are you prepared for the unexpected?

In business, many crises are avoidable. Yet because businesses are lead and operated by human beings, because many crises are unpredictable, and because natural catastrophes are not controllable, crisis happens.
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Are you prepared for new growth in emerging markets?

84% of CEO’s who participated in the 14th Annual PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP  2011 Global Survey report they are changing their focus to “bridging skill gaps to meet emerging growth opportunities”. Because
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How’s The Communication Flow In Your Business?

You might expect that with today’s information technology, communication in your company ought to be pretty close to perfect.  After all, communication of all kinds, technological and human, are what
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In business, sustainability comes from within

In business, what you don’t know can – and inevitably will – hurt you. It’s a truth that can be delivered with a particularly large hammer via loss of market
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What makes company values valuable?

Corporate values is a subject that’s been given much attention since the days when Tom Waters and Bob Peterman, management experts, started popularizing the concept in the latter part of
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Are you missing an important aspect of quality control?

Quality service, quality products, quality control, quality committees. Focusing on these aspects of quality are all a part of your business because you know how important it is to the
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Business Leaders: Is Your Personal Pricing System Working?

If you are like most successful leaders you place your business, your team, your next product or service and your clients or customers first. It just makes sense, because this
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