N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 19, 2014

We all know the common and famous careers out there. Did you know there are many great career paths that are ‘hidden’ from the normal news mainstream? Careers we probably know exist if we really thought about it, but we tend to forget them when we look at the entire career picture. New technology all the time.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 16, 2015

For career and business success, it’s worth pursuing a middle ground—one where we take calculated risks but have a fallback strategy in case Plan A craters. And at the 880-seat Tabor Opera House, patrons enjoyed John Philip Sousa, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera stars, Harry Houdini, and Oscar Wilde.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

– -Oscar Wilde. A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain. During my 87 years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. . – -Eleanor Roosevelt. If you’re going through hell, keep going. – -Winston Churchill.

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Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 10, 2018

If you’re making a big career change, gaining new qualifications or re-training will help to support your new business. According to the Gallup Wellbeing Index, 45% of entrepreneurs report feeling stressed , while another study by Bank of America found that running a small business is even more stressful than parenting.

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Tips Learning-by-Doing Industry Long-term 95

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

By working 70-80 hours a week, taking business courses at night, and doggedly pursuing a jump to the professional track, I finally got a break, and moved into investment banking. It's a similar story when you contemplate disrupting yourself mid-career. Time to disrupt myself. Be assured that you have no idea what will come next.

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Disruptive Innovation Christensen Metrics Innovation 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2015

After college, I took an unconventional career path. No two-year contract with a bank or consulting firm, no paralegal work, not even a stint on my parents’ couch. Friends openly wondered if I’d ever get back on the career path after “disappearing” for years. Photo by Andrew Nguyen.

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