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How workplace disrespect is costing your business

Disengagement, spiraling health costs, and high turnover are just some ways disrespect affects the workplace culture, writes Marcy Syms.

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Posted in Culture, Leadership, Resiliency: Successful Directors and Corps
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The Time Facebook Contemplated Life Without Zuckerberg

Transitions can’t be done in a quarter, said Marcy Syms, who ran the Syms company when it was public and now advises leaders on succession planning. “You have to sell it to the Street,” she said.

Posted in Board Diversity, Corporate Boards, Corporate Goverance, Entrepreneurial Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Keys to Successful Management, Resiliency: Successful Directors and Corps
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Jewish Women’s Archive, Sharing Stories, Inspiring Change

Marcy Syms became one of the youngest female presidents of a New York Stock Exchange-traded company when her family’s business, Syms Corp., went public in 1983.

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Posted in Educating the Next Generation of Business Leaders, Entrepreneurial Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Family Business, Giving Back – Philanthropy- Advisory Boards, Academia, Mentoring, Keys to Successful Management, Resiliency: Successful Directors and Corps, Women in Business, Women in Business in the 21st Century
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The Unintended Consequences of Taking a Company Public

Many private business owners buy into the hype of taking their company public without fully understanding what they’re getting themselves into with an IPO.

Why?

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Posted in Educating the Next Generation of Business Leaders, Family Business, Personal and Financial Rewards of Family Businesses, Resiliency: Successful Directors and Corps
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Avaliable Now On Amazon

Leading With Respect, From the Backroom to the Boardrom, a compelling look at leadership from a retail fashion pioneer.