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Insights for the Class of 2024

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Graduates, as you start to search for a job, I want to share some guidance about how to choose an organization that aligns with your values to enhance your work experience and likelihood of success.

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How Social Class Affects Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

One of the soldiers remarked that they had managed to make a successful return to base upon finding a map. Believing in success It’s the kind of narrative supported by a recent study led by researchers from Washington University in St Louis, which found that optimism is the most desirable trait entrepreneurs can have.

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Culture is the Way: 5 Steps to Building a World-Class Culture

Leading Blog

Whether an organization has a world-class culture or a toxic one, its future depends on how much attention and focus it puts on growing its culture,” writes Matt Mayberry, the author of Culture is the Way: How Leaders at Every Level Build an Organization for Speed, Impact, and Excellence. Nothing makes up for poor leadership.

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Social Class In The C-Suite

The Horizons Tracker

It’s fair to say that class plays a significant role in whether people get into the C-suite or not. Indeed, research shows that workers from working-class backgrounds are over 30% less likely to be recruited into a managerial role than their middle-class peers.

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The Modern Customer Success Playbook

The evolution of every high-functioning, effective customer success strategy centers around three C’s: connected experiences, an engaging customer journey, and a culture built on customer-centricity. Satisfaction won’t cut it. But where do you start? But where do you start?

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Research Reveals The Reason For The Class-Based Pay Gap

The Horizons Tracker

The class gap Of course, it should be said that Cornell research found that this belief in the importance of a good work ethic was shared across the political spectrum, but it’s also true that conservatives are more likely to believe that their successes are due to their own efforts and liberals to accept the role external forces played.

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Executive Onboarding: How to Set Up Your New Execs for Success

N2Growth Blog

When it comes to the success of new executives in your organization, just about nothing plays as critical a role as onboarding. Executive onboarding gives prospects the professional, cultural, and personal tools they need to succeed in all elements of their new position, maximizing the chance these executives will be successful.

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