Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 28, 2019

I spoke with Nick about their research and their book, WILD THINKING: 25 Unconventional Ideas To Grow Your Brand and Your Business. What is wild thinking? Wild thinking is what happens when you pose 25 thought-provoking questions to 25 intelligent, creative leaders in organizations as diverse as Google, Gap, Time Out and Twinings.

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 8, 2015

Nick interviewed me for his Meet Education Project Podcast. Throughout his career, he has interviewed hundreds of experts on overcoming adversity, dealing with trauma and stress, and the crucial role that it plays in our cognitive development and education. Interesting things started happening immediately.

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 8, 2015

Nick interviewed me for his Meet Education Project Podcast. Throughout his career, he has interviewed hundreds of experts on overcoming adversity, dealing with trauma and stress, and the crucial role that it plays in our cognitive development and education. Interesting things started happening immediately.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

I stated that I wasn’t interested in his projects and needed to end the call. I’ve learned the hard way the value of prioritizing time and focusing on the people and projects that matter. What types of ‘wild goose chases’ have you pursued in your networking career? Weeds are everywhere, crying ‘gimme.’

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 18, 2019

A pendulum tends to swing too far at first, and pretty soon we were in the second Wild, Wild West. With “clicks” and “eyeballs” as the watchwords, everybody began racing everybody else to get projects launched before the next guy did. In my long career, 45 years of it as a CEO, I’ve lived that change.

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Steve Farber

JUNE 3, 2010

I recently asked members of the GTY Project Group on LinkedIn to answer this question: “What’s the best bit of advice, coaching or counsel you’ve ever gotten from a mentor, colleague, family member or friend? Oscar Wilde, I think, said, ‘Be yourself because everyone else is taken.’&#.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This platform is not just a digital resume; it's a pivotal tool for personal branding, networking, and career advancement. Accomplishments & Certifications Highlight key certifications, courses, publications, and projects. "Updating your LinkedIn profile is like getting a haircut.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Being a founder has a profound impact on your career because it provides a relevant, observable, and hard to imitate signal (the three characteristics of strong reputation signals) of your leadership capabilities. I think the most important thing that I look for [when funding a project] is really, who’s that champion?”

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Building Personal Strength

MARCH 18, 2012

These are the people who become adults with "good minds" and "great minds," who create happy lives and successful careers. I think of the project as "creating better adults." Will the teen overcome habit and emotions to think things through often enough to wire the prefrontal cortex? Post by Dennis E. Coates, Ph.D., Copyright 2012.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

…And the Clients Went Wild! : And the Clients Went Wild! Perfect your marketing mix and win with …And the Clients Went Wild! Even if a person was downsized, maybe she was burned out on what she was doing and wants to jump-start a new career. Do what works! Not necessarily.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Every year, HBR interviews 10 people who’ve had fascinating careers. But she’s moved on to other projects, and today’s hottest designers credit her influence. My career would not have been the same had the crash not occurred.” We asked her how she knew when a dramatic career move was the right one.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 6, 2010

…And the Clients Went Wild! : And the Clients Went Wild! Perfect your marketing mix and win with …And the Clients Went Wild! The product in question, by the way, was a nightlight that projects stars on to the ceiling and walls of a darkened room.) Do what works! The result?

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Rajesh Setty

APRIL 6, 2012

You will rarely be able to take on bigger projects without an amazing ecosystem to support you. In the early stages of your career, it’s about YOU that matters. In the later stages of your career, it’s about YOU + YOUR ECOSYSTEM that matter. In your early career, you lose a relationship and you lose a relationship.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 5, 2021

Numerous factors influence the chances of success for any project. While too much power may not intuitively be among the risk factors we would identify, new research from the Kellogg School suggests that it can actually harm the chances of success for any project.

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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. If the thought of working long hours on your project fills you with excitement, then you’re ready to start your business. This will help you assess whether you like the industry before taking the leap.

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Leading Blog

JULY 12, 2021

Many of the painters we now celebrate as creative geniuses devoted a significant portion of their careers to copywork. How does this apply to a project I am working on? Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Mary Cassatt, Paul Gauguin, and Paul Cézanne all developed their skills by copying the works of the French painter Eugène Delacroix.

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 22, 2011

He began his distinguished psychology career in the late sixties studying pessimism, learned helplessness, and depression. His evidence-based approach clearly sets Flourish apart from most personal growth books puffed up with fluffy theories and wild claims. This is especially evident in Flourish with 50 pages of fine print footnotes.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

“Leadership is the art of influencing others to their maximum performance to accomplish any task, objective or project.” “Not the cry, but the flight of a wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.” . “One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.”

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Have you stopped to consider how they’re finding meaning in their careers? I want to be able to sink my teeth into a project, without dealing with office politics and the constant interruption of new projects that need immediate help. When the project is finished you can reflect and see the value that you delivered.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

The great Argentinian chef Francois Mallmann, featured on Netflix’s documentary series Chef’ s Table , left the comfort of his restaurants to cook in the wild in Patagonia, with no kitchen or sous chefs, traveling with a group of young novices who have little or no experience.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2011

Amazingly, however, the river was her second choice for an advocacy project. But executives can hurt their careers when they care about something too much. So I worked hard to instead steer him to policy-research assignments and, after the campaign ended, he turned that into a career. No one wants a job or a career they hate.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects. Media momentum is much like a wild fire—the power of one well-placed match can ignite dramatic pyrotechnics! Align with similar initiatives. To reinvent the wheel is time-consuming. Such involvement can lead to greater visibility.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MAY 5, 2009

Ass-U-Me Oscar Wilde said “ Assume and you make an Ass out of U and Me ”. And, it requires us to give some time over to learning about the perspectives and views of others if we are actually going to get something of value out of it. There is an element of truth in this. 13 Responses to Lack of Communication You Say?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

Notwithstanding the considerable career and financial (I am the primary breadwinner) risks involved, it was time to leave my comfortable perch and become an entrepreneur. Six years into my mid-career move, here are some lessons learned from my personal disruptive trajectory: If it feels scary and lonely, you're probably on the right track.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2018

“He burst into the kitchen one day and said, ‘Okay, everybody, new project for today: Lou Reed, Take a Walk on the Wild Side. . “I had been here for just a couple of months, and I was getting used to [Bottura’s] style,” Canadian-born chef de partie Jessica Rosval told me when I visited the restaurant.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

We all know developing a personal brand is valuable, since a strong reputation can put you on the radar for exciting career opportunities. You have fewer people who can speak to your contributions or provide support, whether that’s help in securing additional resources for an important project or moving up to a new role.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Great data scientists have career options and won’t abide bad managers for very long. To get the most from a data scientist’s time, they need to have a clear understanding of what the business goal behind the project is. Data science projects often start with a question from someone outside the team.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

The projections worked fine for about a third of the hotels but were wildly, destructively off for another third. Nate Silver on Finding a Mentor, Teaching Yourself Statistics, and Not Settling in Your Career. This ultimately required greater centralization and limiting local operator flexibility and discretion. An HBR Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

He wasn’t where he wanted to be at this point in his career. Don’t I need to get through my cluttered email box, my pressing conversations, my project plans in order to create space to focus on my future self? I was coaching Sanjay,* a leader in a technology firm who felt stuck and frustrated. You may not please everyone.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

I follow 6 principles on a daily basis, which I know has made a significant impact on my career success. 6) Career – I’ve always known what I wanted to do and been engaged in work I truly believe in, but I’ve sabotaged myself with too much idealism and not enough business wisdom. Sandip Roy of Happiness India Project.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2013

Veronica sells her cotton to Cargill, and her corn to COMACO, a local nonprofit that markets food to consumers while also striving to save wild animals and ecosystems. PFS is working with 40 food processors on more than 140 projects in Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, and most recently Ethiopia — and we are looking for more.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2015

Volunteer to take on a new project to give yourself exposure to tasks and departments outside of your normal role. 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.

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The Idolbuster

JUNE 21, 2012

I didn’t mind that I was no longer working on the most cutting-edge, high profile project, because I could see the price people on that team were paying. It was crazy at home, with two of us in high-powered careers. I had seen them play before, but it was always rambunctious and wild. I was a professional. My life was better.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2013

He decided to stop thinking of his career as something separate from himself, and the values, ideals and principles that were important to him. He decided it was time to pursue a path that baked his mission into his career. It was just one of the many ways that Ben decided to bake his mission into his career.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Spending time networking or volunteering for projects seems like a good idea at the time. It builds character, helps their career, showcases their company and pays dividends to the community. ’ That was because of the intense jealousy, inflated egos, unrealistic images and ill-planned projects of many of the members.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

But they have one huge problem that literally keeps them up at night: Young people find their companies dull and don’t have much enthusiasm for a career in their field. Getting a taste of real life at IBM has persuaded lots of young people to open their minds about a career at this “conservative” company.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2016

Further, how can we engender the rock star aura of American entrepreneurship in places where NGO and government jobs are safer career bets for would-be, could-be, should-be startup founders? Right now, dozens of other agencies, in addition to USAID, run foreign aid projects.) Here are two surprising facts. That is wildly off.

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