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Reinvent Opportunity, Restore Satisfaction

Women on Business

Today’s professionals are focused on developing their skill sets and seek the training, the resources and the people that can help them achieve their goals. 3. Create a culture of mentoring. Just under a third of respondents in our recent research said they had a mentor. 4. Expand employee networks.

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The Scaling Lesson from Facebook’s Miraculous 10-Year Rise

Harvard Business Review

In early 2006, Diego Rodriguez and I started teaching a class we called “Creating Infectious Action” at the Stanford d. Each newcomer is assigned a mentor—usually an engineer who isn’t a manager—to help him or her navigate Bootcamp. In the years since, we’ve learned a lot from people at that crazy place.

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How the Navy SEALs Train for Leadership Excellence

Harvard Business Review

.” When I see just how difficult and challenging it is for so many smart and talented organizations to innovate and adapt under pressure, I see people who are overeducated and undertrained. Webb’s hardcore perspective poses an existential challenge to most organizations’ views of human resources.