“It’s getting harder for companies to sustain growth and create value on their own. It’s time to loop customers into the act.”

This year’s budgetary shortfall will be bigger than ever — but by White House math, that’s a victory. In its latest fiscal forecast, released on July 30, the Bush Administration projects the deficit for the year ending on Sept. 30 will hit $445 billion. That would be $70 billion more than the record $375 billion deficit we hit last year. According to the White House and its GOP allies, this shows great progress in the battle against deficits.”

“When senior executives and managers nationwide were asked how well they were recognized for their work, only slightly more than 10 percent said they were extremely well recognized. More than a third said they were either not very well or not at all well recognized, in the survey conducted by NFI Research. And the recognition and rewards that executives and managers would prefer are both financial and personal. ‘Recognizing great work is one of the easiest responsibilities of leadership, and the most poorly executed,’ said one survey respondent.”

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