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New Job? Five Mistakes We All Make.

Rich Gee Group

Many people expect their boss and company culture will bring them along (like orientation at college) and help them integrate well into the inner workings of their new organization. Your job is to blast out of the starting gate, make some quick wins, and fill up your new savings account with good-will currency. Not so fast. Permalink

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New Job? Five Mistakes We All Make.

Rich Gee Group

Many people expect their boss and company culture will bring them along (like orientation at college) and help them integrate well into the inner workings of their new organization. Your job is to blast out of the starting gate, make some quick wins, and fill up your new savings account with good-will currency. Not so fast.

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45 Career Advice Experts Offer Career Success Secrets

Miles Anthony Smith

45 Career Advice Experts Share Their Blueprint for Career Success (Plus Leaderboard)​ Does your career seem to be a struggle at times? It’s why I wrote my book Why Career Advice Sucks™ … to share the stories of my own career success and failures and help you grow your career more quickly.

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What a Week for Departures: HP's Hurd, Jet Blue's Slater and.

Next Level Blog

Then, of course, we had the fascinating story of Jet Blue flight attendant Stephen Slater pulling the metaphorical rip cord on his 20 year career. One is that, until this week, Slater had an exemplary career with Jet Blue. As a leader, you are always on stage. How about that issue of stage presence? Awesome job, guys. 

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Can’t Find a Steve Jobs? Hire an Innovation Organizer Instead

Harvard Business Review

A study of more than two dozen consumer packaged goods companies that I led while working as a senior executive at Nielsen reveals exactly what they should be looking for instead: an innovation organizer. An innovation organizer creates an environment ripe for innovation. There should be no elite privilege when it comes to innovation.

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Luring More MBAs to the Social Sector

Harvard Business Review

That was the answer from a recent Harvard Business School MBA graduate when asked why he decided to participate in the School's Leadership Fellows program — a one-year management fellowship in nonprofit and public-sector organizations. So what does it take to attract these students to pursue careers with a focus on social impact?

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The Kinds of Data Scientist

Harvard Business Review

In most organizations, it makes sense for data scientists to specialize into one type or another. But data scientist are curious creatures who thrive from being able to creatively dabble; there are benefits to giving them flexibility to work on projects that touch both “types” – both for them and for the organization.