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The Big Picture of Business- Flip Sides, Second Acts and Successful Careers

Strategy Driven

It used to be said that people have three careers in them. What we start out as is different from what we progress into, both for companies and individuals. Bacharach started his music writing career by taking 'work for hire,' tailoring songs to particular performers. Those who are particularly successful have many more.

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Your Nice Boss May Be Killing Your Career

Harvard Business Review

Chris spent years working for a supportive, encouraging manager at a major technology company headquartered in Silicon Valley. His manager had been in the company for 20 years. For Chris it had a powerful effect on his career: he had been passed up three times for a promotion he was repeatedly promised.

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The Big Picture of Business – Doing Your Best Work on Deadlines: Mobilizing the Energy for Best Business Success

Strategy Driven

The Petrified Forest , starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Henry Fonda. In it, Bogey reprised the 1930’s Broadway hit and movie that launched his career. Every company needs it but rarely conducts the process because they’re knee-deep in daily minutia. Requiem for a Heavyweight , the premiere of “Playhouse 90.”

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The Big Picture of Business – Doing Your Best Work on Deadlines: Mobilizing the Energy for Best Business Success

Strategy Driven

Any company or organization is like a tree. None of the limbs and twigs on each branch (staff-consultants) provide all nourishment required to breed a healthy tree (company). The Petrified Forest , starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Henry Fonda. by Hank Moore. Requiem for a Heavyweight , the premiere of Playhouse 90.

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