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How Chance Influences Our Career

The Horizons Tracker

The role of chance A second study , by Audencia Business School in Paris, also found that chance plays a considerable role in our careers. The majority of the participants (62.17%, or 424 respondents out of 682) reported having experienced a chance event that significantly influenced their careers.

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Expecting the Unexpected: Meet Unpredictability with Agility and Adaptability

The Practical Leader

Seers, prophets, and fortune-tellers of all sorts have responded to — and preyed upon — our primal desire to reduce the uncertainty of what lies ahead. A major focus of my writing and leadership/culture development career has been dealing with change. Escaping the Change Management Trap: From Rigidity to Agility.

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First Look: Leadership Books for June 2021

Leading Blog

Incremental improvement is no longer sufficient in helping organizations navigate the complexity, uncertainty and volatility of today’s world. Upstanding : How Company Character Catalyzes Loyalty, Agility, and Hypergrowth by Frank A. In his career as an executive at IBM, Cisco, and now as CEO of Anaplan, Frank A.

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More Automation is Coming! Bulletproof Your Career

Great Leadership By Dan

Thinking Excellence: Being adept at being able to think differently than the technology with the agility to move back and forth between those different ways of thinking: exploring the unknown and seeking novelty by being creative, imaginative, and innovative; engaging in higher-level critical thinking; making decisions in environments with lots of (..)

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Navigating Uncertainty in 2024: Succession Planning in Turbulent Times

N2Growth Blog

The Importance of Robust Succession Planning Amidst Chaos In today’s volatile business environment, chaos has become the order of the day, leading organizations into an era of uncertainty. A solid succession plan allows for flexibility and agility, currencies that hold immense value in today’s unsettled business landscape.

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Tailored Executive Coaching for the Entrepreneur: Vision to Victory

N2Growth Blog

Ultimately, executive coaching empowers entrepreneurs to tap into their full potential, overcome obstacles, and achieve sustainable success in their careers and ventures. This absence of a pre-existing framework can lead to a sense of uncertainty and heightened pressure.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. Never Enough : A Navy SEAL Commander on Living a Life of Excellence, Agility, and Meaning by Mike Hayes (Celadon Books, 2021) Mike Hayes has lived a lifetime of once-in-a-lifetime experiences.

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