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Why do some talented executives fail?

Coaching Tip

And why do others often fail to be effective, or as successful as they should be? Here are five behavior patterns that can be highly destructive to your career. But even the occasional display of some of these behaviors — especially as you move upward in an organization — can do substantial damage to your ultimate career success.

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Accidental Leaders

Coaching Tip

Most new managers are in the dark about what it takes to be successful. And even if they've been in the role for a year or two, 30% of leaders still don't understand what it takes to be successful-after six years, that number is still only 10% lower, with 1 in 5 leaders who don't understand what it takes. What lagged behind?

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Make Work Meaningful for Your Freelancers, Too

Harvard Business Review

Have you stopped to consider how they’re finding meaning in their careers? Usher is a Canadian anthropologist who recently retired after a career of university teaching and advising provincial governments on the social impact of major infrastructure projects on rural and native Canadian communities.