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Do You Ask Enough Questions?

Lead Change Blog

Recently, while looking for a document on an archive drive, I stumbled across an unfinished draft from 2001. My goal was simply to get the highest paying gig I could find, knowing that I could make a career change later. Two weeks into the training program, I finally figured it out. Sincerely, A mom in 2001.

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Leadership Lessons from the Navy

Skip Prichard

Captain Mark Brouker, retired US Navy , is a wealth of practical leadership wisdom gained from his military career as well as his experience as a professor, executive coach, and speaker. After graduating from Princeton in 2001, Donovan Campbell wanted to give back to his country, engage in the world, and learn to lead.

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"Having It All" Is Not a Women's Issue

Harvard Business Review

helping young people choose careers that fit their values. training managers to take a new look at work processes. act with creativity by continually experimenting with how goals are achieved. changing society's gender ideology through education and socialization. teaching employees how to generate support from others.

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The Swedish CEO Who Runs His Company Like a CrossFit Gym

Harvard Business Review

They struggle to see how their labor contributes directly to the performance of the corporation, or how it helps the progress of their career. “We had to train harder, measure our goals better, and become a better team,” Bunge said. For many in today’s knowledge economy, this feeling is elusive.

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Keeping It Professional When You Work in a Family Business

Harvard Business Review

Experience in an outside firm should be a requirement before embarking on your career in the family business, says Lachenauer. You’ll get invaluable training, improve your business judgment, and build your confidence. You’ll also gain much-needed perspective on what you hope the arc of your career might look like.

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The Former Head of the CIA on Managing the Hunt for Bin Laden

Harvard Business Review

His death was the culmination of a global manhunt that lasted more than a decade and assumed extreme urgency after the September 11, 2001, attacks. The workforce is comprised of career professionals who are deep experts in their craft. They often came to the Intelligence Community early in their careers and stayed.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. There were no checks and balances for members of the supply train. Spokespersons were not media-trained, nor media-friendly. When goals are only in financial terms, the company is disproportionately lopsided. Accounting.