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The Rise In Portfolio Careers

The Horizons Tracker

Once upon a time the portfolio career was seen as pretty sexy and came to typify the “free agent nation” spoken about by Dan Pink way back in 2001. But this status offers no protection and – in the long term – it is disastrous, both for workers and for society as a whole.”.

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The Real Reasons Companies Are So Focused on the Short Term

Harvard Business Review

Some argue that profits are stagnant because of short-termism—that decades of focusing on current profits over long-run innovativeness has resulted, now, in companies that are hollowed out. Below, I’ll expand further on these trends and explain how reversing them would reduce short-termism and revive growth.

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Top 16 Books for Human Resource and Talent Management Executives

Chart Your Course

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … and Others Don’t (2001). Ineffective companies operate only from the other two layers. The eight steps are: 1) Create Urgency, 2) Form a Powerful Coalition, 3) Create a Vision for Change, 4) Communicate the Vision, 5) Remove Obstacles, 6) Create Short-term Wins, 7) Build on the Change.

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Thank You For Your Service (My Proudest Guest Post Ever!)

Mills Scofield

” The morning prayers of the local population could be heard echoing through the loudspeakers outside the large 25-foot concrete T-walls topped with barbed wire that surround our compound, a Forward Operating Base within an Afghan Air Force base. Terms like “Thank you for your service!”

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The Secret History of Agile Innovation

Harvard Business Review

You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. One came from a Bell Labs article on the Borland Quattro Pro team , suggesting that short daily team meetings increased group productivity dramatically. Of course, Sutherland and Schwaber weren’t alone in their search for innovative methods.

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What U2 and the US Navy Have in Common: Connecting with Core Employees

Michael Lee Stallard

To Boost Organizational Performance, Connect with the Core Michael Lee Stallard and Jason Pankau It is essential to every organization’s long-term success that employees align their behavior with organizational goals and give their best efforts. These issues are referred to as strategic alignment and employee engagement. Connecting the U.S.

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Leadership Lessons from the Navy

Skip Prichard

His book, Lessons from the Navy: How to Earn Trust, Lead Teams, and Achieve Organizational Excellence is loaded with advice to help all leaders aspiring to operate at the highest levels. After graduating from Princeton in 2001, Donovan Campbell wanted to give back to his country, engage in the world, and learn to lead. Be proactive.