Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Every year, HBR interviews 10 people who’ve had fascinating careers. My career would not have been the same had the crash not occurred.” We asked her how she knew when a dramatic career move was the right one. Fired from that firm in 2002, he now runs a nonprofit and two biotech companies.

Career 13

Career Learning-by-Doing Hedge Creativity 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

And the paper looked at how they tend to affect future careers: The sports/leadership group is likely to be employed in an occupation requiring higher levels of responsibility for direction, control and planning, even after controlling for high school math scores, psychological measures, and college completion.

Sports 14

Sports Teamwork Participative Class 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2011

I was at the seven-year mark in my career as a college professor and I was turned down for tenure. As I packed up my office — having lost both my job and my babies — it struck me that the peak demand of many female careers, not just mine, clashed and collided in the worst way with the urgent demands of the biological clock.

Career 13

Career Policies Commitment Committee 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Bill George is best-known as the former CEO of Medtronic, where the company's market cap grew from $1.1 Upon his retirement in 2002, Bill invented a new life and purpose (by making little bets, I might add shamelessly) to write and to teach. My 13 years with Medtronic became the most important of my career.

Open-book 9

Open-book Chemicals Chief Operating Officer Goleman 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The prevailing feeling is that "we're in the same boat together": success will reflect well on everyone, whereas failure could hurt people's careers. area during the sniper attacks in 2002. Recognize that when groups first form, people are usually willing to give others the benefit of the doubt.

How To 9

How To Environment Storytelling Bond 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

The academic study of strategy took a big leap forward in the 1970s when Michael Porter of HBS looked at earlier economic research on industry structure and noticed that market power — which economists wanted to minimize — was the same thing as sustained profitability, which corporate executives wanted to maximize.

Strategy 8

Strategy Rivkin Game Theory Porter 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Okay, let me see if I understand this…a good coach doesn’t necessarily need any experience, but if they’re a really good listener, can restate what their client tells them, and ask a few good questions, then they can miraculously lead a client to the ah-ha moment that transforms their life and their career.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

Not long after Alan Greenspan stepped down as Federal Reserve chairman in 2006, global financial markets began to unravel. Lots of people blamed Greenspan for some or all of this, and the man himself famously allowed, in a Congressional hearing in October 2008, that he had “found a flaw” in his model of how the world works.

Long-term 11

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

As described in Lead The Work , he had an expansive career with Shell that spanned 25 years but unlike many top leaders in the company, he had a break in service at the top of his career. Voser took a detour to be CFO for ABB from 2002 to 2004 and then returned to Shell to become CEO in 2009. Expert Coaching.

Leadership Development 8

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