Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Everyone aspires to have purpose or meaning in their career but how do you actually do that? Here are principles you can follow to find a career — and a specific job —­ you don’t just enjoy, but love. For example, if you enjoy connecting with people, you could use that skill to be a psychologist or a marketer.

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Career How To Finance Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

It's great to see students get their shoes dusty with real-world forays, but I fear they are losing the ability to read a balance sheet or parse the kind of complex data they'd get in case-study coursework. And teaching methods have changed. Too many students are distracted and disengaged. Other fields do this.

Education 15

Education Organizational Behavior Case Study Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2015

Meeting new people committed to their careers and explaining your own goals and passions to them can help renew your sense of mission and expose you to aspects of your job that you may not have previously appreciated. Case Study #1: The power of enthusiastic peers. ” Case Study #2: Taking on new tasks.

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How To Mentor Case Study Career 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

To look into this question, I conducted a case study as part of my dissertation research involving 23 women of color at a Fortune 500 company. They were employed in midlevel to upper-midlevel management positions in strategy, finance, marketing, legal, operations, and technology functions. What made their ascent possible?

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Management Tacit Knowledge Diversity Leadership Pipeline 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

When I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology , I initially focused on helping African entrepreneurs or artisans, especially those with only primary education, develop new skills and market opportunities. People need at least a rudimentary understanding of finance to become good entrepreneurs or artisans.

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Books Guidelines Banking Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

When you’re looking for a job or exploring a new career path, it’s smart to go out on informational interviews. ” John Lees, a UK-based career strategist and author of The Success Code , agrees. . ” John Lees, a UK-based career strategist and author of The Success Code , agrees. What the Experts Say.

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Information How To Career Advice 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2015

Do you have a marketable skill? “If you’re 22 and you’re not a web developer, you probably don’t have marketable skills,” he warns. “If you’re 22 and you’re not a web developer, you probably don’t have marketable skills,” he warns. More on that below.).

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Planning Outsourcing Case Study Consultative 8

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Home-based businesses are a great way for busy people to take more control of their careers , but starting your own business can be intimidating. Term loans , SBA loans , lines of credit and invoice financing are just a few of the options available to small business owners. As a startup, your finances will likely be very thin as is.

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Tips Franchising Cost Travel 95

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2016

Horowitz suggests asking your fellow freelancers what the market is like for your skills and what their rates are. When you’ve got the above logistics sorted out, it’s time to “transition to the active marketing stage,” says Horowitz. Case Study #1: Get your ducks in a row first. Get the word out.

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Succession How To Consultative Project 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. It hits our collective reputation and our finances.” The next morning, as Derek was driving to the office, he mulled over his relationship with Rogier.

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Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

How to Stay Stuck in the Wrong Career. The biggest mistake people make when trying to change careers is delaying the first step until they have settled on a destination. Or pay a freelance consultant to do market research? Case study #1: Create financial flexibility for yourself and commit to an end date.

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Project Outsourcing Learning-by-Doing Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Thats different in IT, accounting, or finance. Thats different in IT, accounting, or finance. Yes, they are closer to the business and should know better what they need to do so they can meet their business goals. Moreover, almost everybody in a company has certain opinions about how to do HR.

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CIO Guidelines Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2017

Over 70% of freelancers have trouble getting paid at some point in their careers, according to research by the Freelancers Union , the non-profit group, that promotes the interests of independent workers. Case Study #1: Be vigilant about following up and seek legal advice when needed. This requires due diligence, says Younger.

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Long-term Follow-up Project Due Diligence 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Is this a time to mount a campaign for Plan B, that other job or career youve been putting off looking into? Is this a time to mount a campaign for Plan B, that other job or career youve been putting off looking into? Instead, I literally mean, consider the alternative. Instead, I literally mean, consider the alternative.

Guidelines 14

Guidelines Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence Balanced Scorecard 14

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Validating proof of concept around social media ROI is a discussion that may have had a bit of relevance 24 months ago, but unless you’ve been stranded on a desert island for the last couple of years you know that numerous case studies abound which validate social media beyond any reasonable doubt.

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Media Influence Blog Real Estate 357

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

The ability to get new initiatives off the ground is also critical to your career. “You need to be seen as credible” when you’re talking about the financial implications of your initiative to the finance group, for instance. “That’s the language of marketing,” says Butman.

Project 8

Project Restructuring Hotels Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

For example, marketing optimizes its activities for its own benefit and the sales and customer service functions do likewise. The end-to-end process of customer acquisition and retention — getting rid of duplicate activities and information across marketing, sales and customer service — isnt touched.

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Process CEO Insurance Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2015

. “It’s probably a frustration you haven’t had for a while — and if you’re a relatively new manager, you might not have ever experienced this before,” says Priscilla Claman, the president of Career Strategies, a Boston-based consulting firm and a contributor to the HBR Guide to Getting the Right Job.

Case Study 8

Case Study Learning-by-Doing Team Company 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Now consider the joint judgment involved in a process of co-creation , whereby companies collaborate with customers or other partners to bring new offerings to market. Now consider the joint judgment involved in a process of co-creation , whereby companies collaborate with customers or other partners to bring new offerings to market.

Guidelines 14

Guidelines Education Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

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NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 15

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

" If you, or anyone else is interest in reading about those they can download my report filled with specific client case studies at [link]. link] mikemyatt Hi Skip: Thanks for the comment as well as for sharing your insightful observations. I appreciate you sharing your link which also contains some great advice.

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Tips Blog Learning-by-Doing Open-book 388

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

More on: Economy , Finance , Global business Join the Discussion | Email/Share Previous Making Room for Reflection Is a Strategic Imperative Never miss a new post from your favorite blogger again with the Harvard Business Review Daily Alert email. And perhaps failing to recognize that is whats really at the root of this great crisis.

Banking 15

Banking Crisis Merton Guidelines 15

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

People who have bad attitudes have more career turnover. After a further two years, during which I was looking for a new career start, I finally decided to work from home and be closer to my wife and beautiful eight year old daughter whom I had neglected a lot while running these businesses in the first place.

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Leadership CEO Blog Learning-by-Doing 419

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

Niche consultants place emphasis in the areas where they have training, expertise and staff support for implementation… and will market their services accordingly. Marketers might contend that the latest advertising campaign is equivalent to re-engineering the client company (though the two concepts are light years apart).

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Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning 59

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

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Airlines Report Guidelines Discount 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

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Retail Price Comparison Nalebuff 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

You’re thinking about making a career change (or perhaps getting your first real job out of grad school), and you’re looking at different types of organizations. “Whatever your risk profile, career goals, sector interests, and how left-brain/right-brain you are, you will find something that works for you.”

Due Diligence 10

Due Diligence How To Learning-by-Doing Case Study 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

And how can you put yourself back on the right career path? Most people who take the wrong job haven’t done enough research going in,” says Priscilla Claman, president of Career Strategies, Inc., a Boston-based career coaching firm. Here’s how to make a bad career move work for you. Case study #2: Know your strengths.

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Short-term Career Long-term Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2012

"Competition" has changed when individuals can create value through a centralized network of resources: for example, designing a product from anywhere, producing it through a 3D factory , financing it through community and distribution from anywhere to anywhere. Yet our business models have not changed to keep pace with these shifts.

Christensen 16

Christensen Business Model Decentralization Innovation 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

The most disruptive, unforeseen, and just plain awesome breakthroughs, that reimagine, reinvent, and reconceive a product, a company, a market, an industry, or perhaps even an entire economy rarely come from the single-minded pursuit of the busier and busier busywork of "business."

Short-term 15

Short-term Guidelines Mass Marketing Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

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Guidelines 15

Guidelines Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence Balanced Scorecard 15

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

Ford’s success with social media is well documentd in numerous case studies, and can largely be attributed to Scott’s efforts. However increasing your personal brand equity is good for adding value to your company’s brand, leveraging your earning power, and improving your job security and/or marketability.

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Brand Blog Reputation Media 299

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

There is a lot of advice out there about keeping your online activity from hurting your career. To make the most of social media to further your career, you need to make a conscious choice to use it for professional purposes, understand what your goals are, and then actively manage your digital footprint. But there's a flip side.

Media 17

Media Career Tips Content 17

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 8, 2016

Years later, it took on bigger players by introducing new innovative packaging to the market, and subsequently carving out a double-digit share when few thought it could be done. competitors are entering the market. Within two years, the brand went from a small share to 25% of the Canadian market,” notes Bell.

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Brand Brand Management Advertising Management 100

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

being pushed into the market is reaching truly overwhelming proportions. It’s been my experience that regardless of the subject, it is precisely when the noise becomes the loudest, that it’s most difficult for the consumer to extract quality and value from the market. D from Columbia. And he was considered an expert!

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