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Millennials into Leadership Roles?

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GM uses educational training and mentorships to help bridge the generation gap. And Bank of America has a so-called onboarding program to help new executives adapt to the corporate culture and learn from senior executives. Now millennials lead in both categories according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

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Entrepreneurship: Transforming Nothing into Something

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I failed at my first career in banking. He told me to figure out where the most innovation in banking was happening and to move there. Banking didn't work out for me, but the advice still holds: Move to where the action is. That training was marginally useful for learning how to mask nervousness in public. And so I did.

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Leadership in Flight

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To achieve human flight, he had written, was "only a question of knowledge and skill in all acrobatic feats," and birds were "the most perfectly trained gymnasts in the world.specially well fitted for their work." In this letter, Wilbur had made mention of his interest in birds. For Wilbur and Orville, the dream had taken hold.

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Unbridled Capitalism

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Their aptitudes lead to careers in making or managing investments, overseeing manufacturing, wholesale or retail businesses, resource development, technology, real estate, and finance/ banking. These are the people who, by their very natures, are willing to accept varying levels of risk in exchange for the expectation of greater rewards.

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What Politicians Will Never Tell You

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An economic downturn is a great time to learn things — carpentry, say, or aerospace engineering — that others will eventually pay for: high-school dropouts should get their degrees and a year of specialized training; high-school grads who can’t afford a four-year school should get a community-college degree. For how past U.S. Prechter Jr.:

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