Tablets will begin to outsell netbooks in 2012, and by 2014, more consumers will use tablets than use netbooks, according to a new report.

Tablets will begin to outsell netbooks in 2012, and by 2014, more consumers will use tablets than use netbooks, according to a new report. According to a Forrester Research report released on Thursday, tablets are predicted to constitute 23 percent of PC unit sales in 2015.
“Tablet growth will come at the expense of netbooks, which have a similar grab-and-go media consumption and Web browsing use case as tablets but don’t synchronize data across services like the iPad does,” analyst Sarah Rotman Epps said in a statement. (…)

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This year is going to be tough.  The forecasters are all over the place about the outlook.

Which indicators you use in your planning – economic growth, profit levels, unemployment rates, commodity prices, the value of the dollar, or others – how you see 2010 may be very different from the person right next to you.  We are in a period of uncertainty.  You can expect to face continual demands on your leadership and management skills.  Some leaders will fail; they won’t be up to the demands. Others will shine and may look back on 2010 at a year that really fueled their career trajectory.

Here are five tips that could ensure you’re in the latter group:

1. Remember that it’s not what - but who. The most important decisions you will make as a leader; are always about people.  You may think they’re about systems, things, or money, but they aren’t.  When I sit with clients and discuss the best and worst decisions they remember making, it’s always the people ones.  Surrounding yourself with the best people is important at all times of course.  But during uncertain times – it’s critical.

2. Don’t tell.  Ask.  One of the traits rated most highly by those reviewing their bosses is that they are most likely to use “open-ended questions.”  Those leaders who principally operate in a “telling” mode miss out on the opportunity to capitalize on new ideas.  2010 will need new ideas more than ever.

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