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Front Line Leadership: The Keys To Managing Millenials, Part 1

Terry Starbucker

Rather than radio, television, automobiles, or wars defining their worldview, the Millennials matured in the age of the internet, social networking, and the pursuit of individualism via consumerism (more on this later). Millennials matured during the era of super-celebrities and reality television.

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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Has anyone on your executive team attended a conference on strategy, innovation or disruption in the last year? I have witnessed disruption occur at every level of corporate maturation and I believe it's important to note that disruption isn't necessarily reserved for the privileged or mature entity.

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The Homecoming Queen Grows Up (kinda)

Women on Business

Despite maturity, confidence, and by all external accounts, success, I still really, really want to be liked. Governor’s Conference for Women. All other childhood aspirations have gone by the wayside–marrying Shaun Cassidy, winning Wimbledon, living on a horse ranch. Why does this one refuse to fade? The answer is obvious.

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How Share-Price Fixation Killed Enron

Harvard Business Review

At the annual conference of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners late last month, former Enron Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow, who served six years in prison for his part in Enron''s deceptions, offered an explanation. The loss of the investment-grade designation also accelerated other debt maturities.

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New MBAs Should Start Their Careers in Frontier Markets

Harvard Business Review

By then their worldviews are largely formed, and at best they graft frontier market experiences onto that mature-market base. It’s no accident that ABF is being launched at the Milken Institute Global Conference this week in Los Angeles. At worst, they misjudge or simply stay out of markets vastly different from their own.

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A Simple Way to Map Out Your Career Ambitions

Harvard Business Review

from their articles in trade magazines, on lists of speakers at relevant conferences, or from referrals of leaders in your company. During your call, ask them, “What are the key functional experiences [not necessarily jobs] that you believe will produce the highest-quality [general manager, IT architect, finance director]?

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The CIO in Crisis: What You Told Us

Harvard Business Review

This conversation has generated a lot of interesting conversation via blog comments, emails, and face-to-face interactions at conferences and meetings and has revealed a few more insights that should factor into our evolving thinking. As IT steps up as mentor, it needs to mature as well. See also here , here , and here.)

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