World class cellists and pianists descend on Meadowmount boot camp, located in Westport, N.Y., every year for a grueling summer of practice, drills and more practice....

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Recently, with what I thought was reasonable clarity, I made a decision to attend an event....

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All management recruiters are in the business of trying to help companies get their arms around what Peter Drucker believed was the final frontier in competitive advantage: Attracting, hiring and growing great people....

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...particularly in the Middle East. The ME Excellence Awards Institute focuses on merits, rewards best practices and recognizes outstanding contributors....

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Marion Walton points to an interesting and sensible conversation about MySpace between UC-Berkeley PhD student danah boyd and MIT's Henry Jenkins....

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Just skimmed the brochure from one of the most prestigious conferences I know of: “Leaders in London”...

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I'm enjoying the second day at MarketingProfs Finders, Keepers workshop and I've noticed something important...

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I'm enjoying the second day at MarketingProfs Finders, Keepers workshop and I've noticed something important...

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This is getting exciting....

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This past week or so, the topic of saleswomen vs. salesmen has come up a few times, and then a friend forwarded this Wall Street Journal piece to me yesterday...

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