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Three Ways Students Can Improve Their College Leadership Game

LDRLB

But with competitive career stakes down the road, students need to continually be looking for leadership opportunities on campus. Students can gain leadership skills through opportunity programs like internships, joining campus organizations and seeking out military training in some instances. Develop employer-desired skills.

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Rookie Talent: Avoiding a Kodak Moment

Leading Blog

In 2012, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Although the recession ended in 2009, here we are five years later and unemployment for Generation Y (1982-1995) remains near its cyclical peak across the world. The lack of skill development and leadership development among Generation Y affects every generation.

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Women, Invest in Yourselves

Women on Business

For me, pursuing my career in financial services has always factored into my new year’s resolutions. percent of board seats as of mid-year 2012. The wisest advice he ever gave me was to build my career based on what I want, not what others expect of me. The key is to find the motivation to fulfill our resolutions.

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The Failure of “The Livonia Philosophy” at my GM Plant

Deming Institute

The Livonia Philosophy (as written, not practiced) also sounds like Lean in the goal of utilizing of all people’s skill and creativity, as we practice in the Kaizen model. That sounds very much like the Toyota Production System and Lean management. He is the founder and lead blogger and podcaster at LeanBlog.org , started in January 2005.

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No, the Best Science Students Aren’t Becoming Financiers

Harvard Business Review

A lot of people are worried about the career choices of today’s most talented science and engineering students. ” She also used data from student surveys to examine other measures of academic performance, like how well students knew professors and how they felt their thinking skills improved. And not just their parents.

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HBR's Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011

Harvard Business Review

This was originally posted in 2009, and it remains one of our most popular posts. Four Ways Women Stunt Their Careers Unintentionally. Five Things You Should Stop Doing in 2012. Which of your activities are actually important to your career, and which merely provide the illusion of progress? by David Silverman.

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Why Do App Developers Still Live with Their Moms?

Harvard Business Review

With the virtual disappearance of major white-collar employers like Eastman Kodak and Westinghouse — once fairly reliable career on-ramps — young talent is focusing on entrepreneurship as a path forward. The Thiel Foundation president points out that “the safe career track is totally broken.” This is true. since 2000.