Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Perhaps this was not the best initial career move. He never yelled at me again (though he did keep yelling at the rest of the team), and became one of three manager-mentors that shaped my career at Bell Labs and AT&T — and taught me to manage others and myself. But about 30 minutes later, he walked into my office and apologized.

Management 91

Management How To Mentor Politics 91

Mills Scofield

APRIL 7, 2013

As I mentioned in my review, this is a Must Read book for anyone at any stage in their career. After all, flying a helicopter may not seem directly relevant to corporate success. Culture Disruption Dorie Clark Networking Personal Brand Reinvention career' As a leader, it’s painfully easy to be misinterpreted.

Leadership 184

Leadership Brand Review Learning-by-Doing 184

Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

This is a guest post by Mark Babbitt, who I just spent 3 days with at #BIF10 , who also founded YouTern , one of THE best sites for career info. Excessive swearing (only the hottest celebrities and most successful bloggers can pull that off). Read, enjoy and apply!!!! You are a Social Age job seeker. A digital native.

Letter 194

Letter Workshop Advice Career 194

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 14, 2013

Words of wisdom from alumnae of the 1970''s-90''s to 2000''s-''13, based on our successes, failures, experiences, yearnings and hopes. Take a 6 month "independent study" time off from your career. Don''t be surprised by your successes. Please pass it along - and add to it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. Show, don''t tell.

Mentor 149

Mentor Learning-by-Doing Motivation Career 149

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

In the nonprofit sector, results are often necessary within a calendar year, and in a business setting, quarterly earnings often inform value and success. To find success, we have to fail. Which carries greater risk. Real progress however, is more messy and less linear. Both are great.

NGO 175

NGO Short-term Delegation Finance 175

Mills Scofield

MAY 13, 2012

Lesson : A key to success is the 21 st Century is embracing, leveraging and balancing paradox. Menasha Packaging: Meet the163-year-old family-owned company who’s leadership team reinvented their business model and re-invigorated their culture 7 years ago, putting their careers on the line. What drove this level of risk?

Business Model 154

Business Model Constraint Innovation Licensing 154

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 13, 2012

or at least MS, making me the first, if not one of, to get to that level without the required degrees; Another measured his success on his people’s success (output) and impact (outcome); he was one of the most admired, and loved, managers and had one of the highest promotion rates. that their solution is an AND, not Either/Or.

Mentor 142

Mentor Agility Innovation Travel 142

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Throughout my career, I’ve been blessed with incredible mentors who, perhaps unknowingly, taught me how to mentor. For these kids' their first entrepreneur experience will shape their view of entrepreneurship, innovation, success and failure. I believe mentoring is a gift for the mentee and the mentor.

Mentor 123

Mentor Business Model Innovation Advice 123

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

I’m privileged to have met a few of these people in my career – in fact, five “someones” recently at a warm, welcoming, generous visit to Enterasys’s headquarters in Andover, MA. Technology can make being a social business easier, but it can’t make it happen. People do.

Leadership 150

Leadership Servant Leader Bottom-up Technology 150

Mills Scofield

MAY 27, 2014

A few years ago, I realized that while I’ve been moderately successful in business, it wasn’t enough.Success is fleeting, and you have to keep chasing it—like a runner who constantly pushes himself, training harder, to achieve a better time—measured often in mere seconds. Success is temporary; significance endures.

Goal 161

Goal Entrepreneur Training Strategy 161

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2012

Long before it became fashionable, Saul was leveraging the power of business models in his career. Thank you, Saul, for sharing your years of learning, of failures and successes, and of wisdom with us. If you want your organization to survive and thrive well into the 21 st Century, read this book. 1] Kaplan, Saul.

Kaplan 151

Kaplan Business Model Levitt Christensen 151

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 12, 2013

” For many people, though, “the emotional cost of not risking and having to live with that regret [is] much greater …than any career or financials … costs.” ” By reframing the definition of risk, Doug shows the power of smart risk taking. These are truly fundamental to taking risk.

Due Diligence 112

Due Diligence Definition Cost Innovation 112

Mills Scofield

MARCH 25, 2013

When it comes to work, we've come to accept the concept of 'no pain, no gain' as being the proper route to success and prosperity. Rather, what is the more common experience is being funnelled through a system that puts us into neat slots like gears in a complex piece of machinery.

Development 172

Development Follow-up Creativity Short-term 172