Coaching Tip

MAY 7, 2012

Young women today are entering the workforce better prepared and more ambitious than ever, with more education and higher career aspirations than men. When McKinsey & Co. The McKinsey study shows women in general opt at far higher rates than men for staff jobs, sometimes labeled "the pink ghetto." This has bred cynicism.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. Recently, TFA introduced a program to promote entrepreneurship in education called the Social Entrepreneurship Initiative.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

Inspired by the loss of her thirteen year-old daughter, Candice Lightner founded Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) in 1980 to combat drunk driving through education and legislation. A 2011 Google study found that, of the eight criteria which make a great manager, deep technical expertise was the least important.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 1, 2014

Using her private sector savvy and entrepreneurial mind-set, she was able to more than double the number of California companies that support policies for improving children’s health and education. economy, conducting large-scale experiments in economic development, environmental sustainability, and education.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2013

At a minimum, this Apple TV could change education, hospitality, work, and travel. Direct spending on business travel by domestic and international travelers totaled $249 billion in 2011. We can recover tax dollars through the reform of education. But even great management cannot protect these airlines.

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