Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

Chance plays a much greater role in our careers than we might wish or even realize. But the downside — the thought of our careers as the playthings of fate — is almost unbearable. If you imagine a game of “career roulette,” you end up a starving artist 99 times for every time you end up a rockstar.

Career 8

Career Planning Kahneman Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Encore careers — jobs that blend income, personal meaning, and often some element of giving back — are becoming an increasingly popular alternative to full-time retirement. According to Encore.org , a think tank focused on Baby Boomers, work, and social purpose, nearly 9 million people ages 44 to 70 today are engaged in second-act careers.

Planning 10

Planning Freedman Learning-by-Doing Career 10

Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

We only work with people who will be given a fair chance by their management. We do not work with leaders who have been “written off” by senior management. We only do behavioral coaching for successful executives – not strategic coaching, life planning, or organizational change. There are several different types of coaching.

Learning-by-Doing 123

Learning-by-Doing Long-term CEO Follow-up 123

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2012

What do you regret most about your career? But judging from the scores of follow-up questions and the volume of post-lecture emails I received, a talk on career regret would have been the real bull's-eye. Importantly, the effects of bad career decisions and disconfirmed expectancies were felt equally across age groups.

Career 10

Career Golden Handcuff Short-term CEO 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

I had just announced to one of my dearest friends that I planned to walk away from Wall Street and my seven-figure salary. Notwithstanding the considerable career and financial (I am the primary breadwinner) risks involved, it was time to leave my comfortable perch and become an entrepreneur. Yes, I'm sure." Time to disrupt myself.

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Disruptive Innovation Christensen Metrics Innovation 17

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

The AP broke the story of Komen de-funding Planned Parenthood Federation of America on Monday, January 30th. Komen's inaction contrasted with Planned Parenthood, whose facility with social media allowed the organization to respond immediately, on a variety of channels. As the online waters rose, executives at the Susan G.

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Media Definition CEO Reputation 17

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

In addition, because of the successive generations entering the workforce, rising education levels, globalization, the flattening of organizations, and an increased willingness to change careers and companies, employees have come to understand they can add more value doing meaningful work.

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Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2018

“There are so many factors to consider, says Jennifer Petriglieri, an assistant professor at INSEAD and the author of “ Talent Management and the Two Career Couple.” “It’s not just, what does this mean for your career, but what does this mean for our family? What’s the longevity [of the job]?

How To 8

How To Long-term Short-term Career 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

I’ve been using the sales funnel for 28 years, my whole career. When I started my career, the most profitable application of force was in sales. Around 2005, marketing became a bigger force driving growth. Take our commission plan, for example. clu/Getty Images. It was the right thing to do.

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B2C Energy Marketing Efficiency 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2014

Instead of simply providing health insurance, savvy employers are tackling health care costs by supporting the whole employee—everything from their finances to their career development to physical health. Similarly, while each employee has a personal action plan, employees at all levels are involved in helping each other achieve their goals.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Morale Company 8

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 28, 2010

Born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1880 and trained at the Virginia Military Institute, Marshall was a career military man who will forever be remembered for his efforts to promote peace and bring about a strong connection between America and Western Europe. The officers present thought Marshall’s behavior would surely end his career.

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Ryan Learning-by-Doing Career Magazine 220

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

This question was at the heart of a recent study we conducted that is forthcoming at the Academy of Management Journal. ” To test our idea that board service would help advance the careers of executives, we created a sample of roughly 2,140 top executives in S&P 1500 firms from 1996-2012. increased by over $300,000.

Execution 9

Execution P&L CEO COO 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Clay observed that few people, if any, intend at the outset of their career to behave dishonestly and hurt others. Early on, even Bernie Madoff and Enron's Jeff Skilling planned to live honest lives. The practice of mindful leadership gives you tools to measure and manage your life as you're living it.

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Christensen Self-aware Short-term Long-term 15

Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 3, 2010

Over the course of my career I’ve assembled a very handy annual New Year’s “Checklist&# that helps get me focused and ready for the challenges to come in the days and months ahead, and well positioned for success. Talk about this with your team, as early in the year as possible. THEN , dive in.

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Leadership Ethics Course Learning-by-Doing 418

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2011

Among the 3,000 Asian men and women surveyed by the CWLP, 25% feel they face bias in the workplace; a 2005 Gallup survey put the figure at an even higher 31%. There's a pervasive feeling of being "a square peg in a round hole," as one manager puts it, with 48% reporting that conforming to prevailing leadership models is a problem.

Human Capital 11

Human Capital Survey Globalization Policies 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

While organizational culture issues took center-stage, the agency’s antiquated systems for personnel management, appointment booking, and medical histories probably made things worse. We also had to plan the budget cycle into everything we did. Take the recent Department of Veterans Affairs scandal.

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CIO Health Care Metrics Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

I decided to launch my own business in 2005, but stayed in my job for an additional year, while taking professional development classes — that my employer paid for — on topics I knew I’d need to learn, such as financial management, design, and business strategy. That was my strategy as well.

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Webinar How To Audience Hedge 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

After all, China produces 600,000 engineering graduates each year, and as a former Google product manager I thought knew how to attract them. They wanted to know what my plans were for IPO. I thought hiring good engineers would be easy when I launched my startup, Julu Mobile , in Shanghai in early 2011.

Engineering 9

Engineering IPO Real Estate Price 9

Mark Sanborn

JANUARY 12, 2022

In fall 2021, HPU ’ s freshman class was larger than the entire student body was in 2005 and will have access to 62 majors and 64 minors. . Qubein, an alumnus of High Point University, became the seventh president of this 94-year-old institution in 2005. We ’ ve invested $200 billion in our campus since 2005.”

Case Study 70

Case Study Education Learning-by-Doing Brand 70

Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Management vs. Leadership Difference 8:20 30:42. It does not require the approval of your manager or CEO, and servant-leadership is within us and it’s about who we want to be and how we want to try to relate to other people. We’ve had 10 issues since 2005. What is the Difference Between Management and Leadership?

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Greenleaf Servant Leader Leadership Learning-by-Doing 125

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

I never intended to disrupt my career over and again, eventually becoming a free agent. When my husband was on the hunt for an academic job after completing his PhD, his choices were Boston and San Antonio, both of which had the potential to cut my Wall Street career short.

MBO 10

MBO Learning Curve Christensen Trends 10

Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Management vs. Leadership Difference 8:20 30:42. It does not require the approval of your manager or CEO, and servant-leadership is within us and it’s about who we want to be and how we want to try to relate to other people. We’ve had 10 issues since 2005. What is the Difference Between Management and Leadership?

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Greenleaf Servant Leader Leadership Learning-by-Doing 100

Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

This sets up a wall between management and the rank-and-file that is very, very hard to knock down. Leading vs. Managing – This is the big one- the ultimate battle. The easiest way to make the distinction is just open a dictionary and read the definitions of “manage&# and “lead&#. SURESHKUMAR.S

Leadership 337

Leadership How To Blog Learning-by-Doing 337

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

For over two years, I’ve been doing qualitative research on Uber and Lyft drivers, first examining how Uber uses automated mechanisms to manage drivers with my coauthor Luke Stark. ” With the advent of Uber, he’s become anxious about the stability of his income as a professional driver and is looking to change careers.

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Motivation Survey Incentives Attrition 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Without a good network, you will also limit your own imagination about your own career prospects. By managing the three key properties of networks that either propel you forward or hold you back—breadth, connectivity, and dynamism—you can develop a stronger network and use it as an essential leadership tool.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Marshall Goldsmith

MARCH 31, 2014

All too often, however, goals are not set in a way that helps ensure the follow-through needed to turn great plans into successful outcomes. This understanding can help ensure that the people you are coaching stick with the plan and ultimately reach their desired targets.

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Goal Short-term Long-term Crisis 137

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

When a company is in free fall, it makes sense to replace the management team, for all sorts of reasons. Thiry immediately replaced most of the management team. They sold part of the theme park business, shut down adjacencies, and stopped planned expansions. Build a Re-Founding Team. Then they went deeper.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

However, CEOs often don’t have the career background and education that would equip them to personally lead the process of new product development. But what made the company’s performance soar under CEO Pablo Alvarez de Tejera was its rapid global expansion between 2005 and 2015.

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CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

But he doesn't plan to go to another prestigious university. But there are also implications for organizational design and talent management for firms of all sizes. The seven full time employees form a nucleus, or core group to handle program management, operations, and communications. A Stanford Professor quit his job.

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Participative Decentralization Globalization Cost Center 15

Terry Starbucker

MAY 20, 2010

It was 23 years ago, and I was just starting my leadership career. Yes, the plan was a challenge, no question. Get “can’t” out of your vocabulary, and your life. It’s useless. I was lucky to have a person who literally drummed “can’t” out of me. Uh oh, wrong choice of words. Nattering nabobs? Kimball, that Nike uses.

Learning-by-Doing 388

Learning-by-Doing Blog Definition Open-book 388

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2011

If you're running a business and something publicly embarrassing has transpired, no one can focus on real issues (sales targets, expansion plans, the quarterly financials) as long as they're fixated on the error. But his career since highlights the most important tenet when it comes to recovering from a screw-up: don't forget your base.

How To 14

How To Committee Media Crisis 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2011

From 1997 through 2005, the net change in employment at existing firms was -11.4 But it's also because, as a rule, professionally managed pension funds perform better and pay less out in fees than individually managed retirement accounts. He and many others have done awfully well as a free agents. It was only because of the 28.7

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Politics Health Care Article Insurance 12