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The Wisdom Wave: Preparing for the Surge of Senior Professionals.

Rich Gee Group

This is up from 16% in 2011. Older workers offer a wealth of experience, maturity, and a nuanced understanding of business dynamics that can be invaluable to any organization. To overcome these challenges, businesses should create an environment where workers of all ages can thrive.

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Gray Versus Green: Who Makes the Better Start-Up CEO?

N2Growth Blog

” said venture capitalist Vinod Khosla in 2011. One vaguely controversial, age-old discussion is around the numerical age and corresponding maturity of CEOs and how age, which translates to experience, can impact the trajectory and level of success of a company. . People over 45 basically die in terms of new ideas.”

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Getting Leaders to Change

Great Leadership By Dan

Great leaders want accountability and are serious about their obligations—unfortunately there are many managers who are spiraling to lower maturity because of their unwillingness to finish—to be held accountable and follow-through on their obligations. The diligent leader is a steady performer, and the steady performer is a finisher.

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5 Key Lessons From Learning Organizations

QAspire

Setting up processes and sponsoring improvement teams may look costly initially, but it actually saves money – by having mature processes and improving on people’s ability to deliver value to customers. Creative Leadership Requires The Right Brains By Tanmay , January 10, 2011 @ 1:36 pm @Thabo - Thanks for the chiming in Thabo.

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Book Review: Acting Up Brings Everyone Down

Tim Milburn

The premise of Nick’s latest work is a comparison of the quirky and often immature behaviors of children that have somehow found their way into, what we hope would be, the mature adult workplace. Then Nick goes to work on helping the reader see how simple childish behaviors aren’t really helpful at all in our work environments.

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Complimentary Resource – Talent Management Helps Small Companies Make Big Moves

Strategy Driven

To move up the business maturity curve, small companies need big ambitions. These companies also need to move up the HR maturity curve and become more process-oriented. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article. This content is intended for personal and non-commercial use only. All rights reserved.

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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If you continue to do the same things that you have always done in today’s current market environment you will see your market share erode, your brand go into decline, your talent and customers jump ship, and your potential never be realized. That said, your cautionary comments are well worth noting and greatly appreciated.