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The Professional: Seven New Rules

Strategy Driven

The journey of the four decades, of growing from an entry-level professional to a leader among fellow professionals invariably calls for mastery over four things: the ability to efficiently manage resources, volume, complexity and finally, rainmaking. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Consider leaving a comment!

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Four (More) Reasons Why It's Time to Shop for the Best and Brightest

Harvard Business Review

jobs in 2011, many requiring engineering or other technical skills. Xerox's transition from copier and printer maker to document management conglomerate owes much to the thinking of cognitive scientist John Seeley Brown, a leading figure at Xerox's famed Palo Alto Research Center. now with about 14,800 U.S.