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Mastering A Career Change After 50

HR Digest

The lessons in the film about talent and ageism are quite real. According to a Gallup poll, compared with engaged employees, actively disengaged workers of all ages are far likelier to report stress and physical pain. Hiring managers are also concerned about team alignment and whether an older person will fit in.

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17 High-Paying Jobs for Women

HR Digest

For every 100 men promoted to manager, only 85 women were promoted. . According to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics , women in high paying jobs now earn 81 cents for every dollar earned by men—19 cents more than in 1979, the first year for which figures were available. Computer and information systems managers.

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I think you’ll find that your view of the world will change dramatically when you rely upon your own observations, as opposed to what you read in a management report, or what you hear third or fourth hand in a meeting. The arrogant CEO doesn’t value the input of line and staff management.

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Deep questions: What diving teaches us about uncertainty and risk

Chartered Management Institute

Additional reporting by David Waller. In a hazardous world, managers can learn from the world of scuba diving: train hard, because you’ll never get rid of risk Scroll for more Shortcut to start of content Gareth Lock, founder of The Human Diver. Want to learn more about what diving can teach managers about navigating risk?

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What Is the Business of Health Care?

Harvard Business Review

No doubt some people were surprised by this filing, because they grew up at a time when bright yellow boxes of film accompanied every family vacation and celebration. Central among them was that Kodak was late to recognize that it was not in the film and camera business: it was in the imaging business.

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Don't Abandon Crowdfunding -- Manage It

Harvard Business Review

Consider the data just released in this week's " Crowdfunding Industry Report" from www.crowdsourcing.org. The April 2012 report estimates that 452 crowdfunding platforms (CFPs) raised nearly $1.5 billion in 2011, and that funding volume is on track to nearly double to $2.8 billion in 2012. will not be legalized until 2013).

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The Next Frontier of Judgment - Across Enterprises

Harvard Business Review

The story, which apparently has echoes in some other school districts around the country, is but one more salvo in the wars of educational reform (recently depicted in the film Waiting for Superman — dont miss it). His most recent books are Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning and Analytics at Work.