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Topic: The Home Depot Inc.

  
SUSTAINABILITY   |  Comment

Wal-Mart and Home Depot Join the Green Group


Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Jun 29, 2007 at 1:34 PM

Recent articles about Home Depot and Wal-Mart have detailed the efforts these chains are making to bring green products to their stores as well as what they themselves are doing to decrease their impact on the environment. When the ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  Comment

Fast Forward 2005: <span>55-58</span>

BY David Lidsky
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:48 AM

The future is something to get excited about again. Here's our look at the surprising people, ideas, and trends that will change how we work and live in 2005.READ»

ENTERTAINMENT   |  Comment

Chatter

BY Cheryl Della Pietra
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:48 AM

Thanks, Mom!READ»

CUSTOMER SERVICE   |  Comment

Letter From the Editor

BY Mark N. Vamos
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:13 AM

Only connect.READ»

Ivan Glickman
HOME DEPOT   |  1 comment

Crowdfunding the Olympics

BY Brian Reich
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Jan 9, 2009 at 8:23 PM

Home Depot announced today that they were ending their sponsorship of the US Olympic Team (coverage here).  The program, which had existed for 16 years, gave Olympic athletes part-time jobs and flexible hours along with full-time pay ...READ»

PHILANTHROPY   |  1 comment

Prime Partners: Hands On Network

BY Michael A. Prospero
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:15 AM

CEO: Michelle Nunn www.handsonnetwork.org Grade: A Winner's Statement On a crisp autumn morning in Rockaway Park, New York, 350 corporate volunteers descend on the Region 5 Scholars' Academy. They splash fresh beige paint on ...READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

Home Depot's Hardware Warriors

BY Rebecca Zicarelli
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:45 AM

The DIY store is drafting former military officers to lead the charge against rivals Wal-Mart and Lowe's.READ»

INNOVATION   |  1 comment

Don't trash your lightbulbs...

BY Melanie Brooks
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Jul 9, 2008 at 12:57 AM

I learned an important fact a couple of days ago. I can't throw my funky energy-efficient lightbulbs I recently bought at Target to help keep my electric bill down can't simply be thrown away in 12 years when they burn out. There's ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE   |  Comment

The Home Depot Experience

BY Manuel Saez
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Aug 6, 2008 at 9:35 AM

In the last two years I have seen a consistent and ever growing decadence at big box retailers in the US. Recently I found myself choosing NOT to shop at Home Depot, but instead to visit a smaller retailer further from my home ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  1 comment

Bob Nardelli is Watching

BY Jennifer Reingold
Relevancy Score: 96
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:00 AM

He's a by-the-numbers GE vet--but he has turned massive, unwieldy Home Depot into an innovation machine.READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  Comment

The Last Green Mile

BY Jennifer Alsever
Relevancy Score: 92
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:21 AM

The race is on to build a one-stop national brand for all your clean power needs.READ»

BUSINESS BOOKS   |  Comment

Fast Talk: Books That Matter

BY Christine Canabou
Relevancy Score: 90
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:42 AM

One book can change the direction of a company -- or a career.READ»

CUSTOMER SERVICE   |  Comment

If It's Broke, Fix It

BY Seth Godin
Relevancy Score: 90
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:43 AM

Put yourself in your customers' shoes, see what's broken about what you do, and fix it.READ»

MARKETING   |  Comment

Golden Geese

BY Linda Tischler
Relevancy Score: 83
Thu Apr 21, 2005 at 2:09 PM

Earlier this week, I was in Chicago for the first-ever M2W national conference on Marketing to Women, and I'm here to tell you, the secret's out -- marketers now know Freud (and Mel Gibson) were on to something: figure out what women ...READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  3 comments

Retaining Younger Workers in the Workplace

BY Cam Marston
Relevancy Score: 82
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 11:07 AM

You've hired them. Now how can you keep them around? READ»

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BAILOUT   |  Comment

Bailout, Bailout, Who Gets the Bailout?

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 79
Tue Nov 25, 2008 at 11:43 AM

It might be time for government to stop proposing bailout packages for multinational banks, and throw the cash at the retail sector instead. With a little capital, maybe our nation’s stores could finance new and exciting ways to get people back in the holiday shopping groove.READ»

MADE TO STICK   |  10 comments

Leadership Is a Muscle

BY Dan Heath
Relevancy Score: 78
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:21 AM

How is your attitude about your abilities affecting your success?READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

Rules for Leaders (Continued)

BY Tom Peters
Relevancy Score: 77
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:24 AM

40. Leaders give everyone a cause. Corollary to rule #39: What's the point of our story? If you want people to care -- really to care -- enlist them in a cause that they can care about: being part of the team that will go down in ...READ»

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Caught in a Big Storm

BY Karen Post
Relevancy Score: 74
Tue Jul 8, 2008 at 5:45 PM

I'm a Florida girl. I love the sun, beaches, and tennis year round. When I moved here three years ago, I never even thought about hurricanes -- I live on the west coast -- most hurricanes I'd heard about didn't even know there's a ...READ»

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21. Cool by Design


Relevancy Score: 73
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:58 AM

Previous | Next When Home Depot hit Manhattan for the first time last summer, it knew it needed some particularly cool stuff to appeal to the picky denizens of the Big Apple. The retailer called on John Christakos, whose ...READ»

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21. Cool by Design


Relevancy Score: 73
Wed Feb 18, 2009 at 2:02 PM

Previous | Next When Home Depot hit Manhattan for the first time last summer, it knew it needed some particularly cool stuff to appeal to the picky denizens of the Big Apple. The retailer called on John Christakos, whose ...READ»

LEADERSHIP SKILLS   |  Comment

People Acumen

BY Ram Charan
Relevancy Score: 72
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 11:08 AM

In an excerpt from his new book Leaders at All Levels, Ram Charan discusses which social qualities make someone a good leader.READ»

BUSINESS TRAVEL   |  Comment

Enough Is Enough

BY Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 70
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:04 AM

There is a place in the Arizona desert where high-powered professionals search for ways to redesign their out-of-kilter lives. Dan Baker is their guide. Can he guide you on your search?READ»

CUSTOMER SERVICE   |  2 comments

Chinks in the Armor

BY Mark Walsh
Relevancy Score: 69
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:56 AM

Even the most-admired businesses have a few flaws. And they should want to get better, right? So we've helpfully identified "opportunities for improvement," as they say on performance evaluations, at companies otherwise celebrated for great customer experiences. Here's how they're fixing the problems -- or not.READ»

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Feedback

BY Fast Company Staff
Relevancy Score: 68
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:07 AM

Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

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